Lucky Philip Dube

Born: 3 August 1964
Died: 18 October 2007
Updated: 23 Aug 2019

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Summary

South African musical artist and was attributed as one of the world's greatest reggae superstars

Lucky Dube was born on a small farm near Ermelo in the eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga). His mother, Sarah, considered his birth after a few unsuccessful pregnancy attempts so fortunate that she named him “Lucky”. She was the only breadwinner in the family as she had separated from her husband before Lucky’s birth and was forced to leave Lucky and her other two children, Thandi and Patrick, in the care of her mother. She earned such meagre wages in her job as domestic worker that she was barely able to send money back home for her children.

How we know this

01Lucky Dube [online] Available at: luckydubemusic.com [Accessed 19 October 2009]
02Mr Lucky Philip "Lucky Dube" DUBE (Profile) [online] Who\'s Who of Southern AfricaAvailable at: whoswhosa.co.za [Accessed 19 October 2009]
03News Limited (2009) Reggae icon 'shot dead in front of son' [online] Available at: luckydubemusic.com [Accessed 19 October 2009]
04Obituary: Lucky Dube [online], The Guardian, Available at: uardian.co.uk [Accessed 19 October 2009]

Last updated · 23 Aug 2019

Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2011, February 17). Lucky Philip Dube. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/tn/ref/B-0008022

South African History Online (2011) 'Lucky Philip Dube', South African History Online, 17 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/tn/ref/B-0008022 (Accessed: 24 July 2026).

South African History Online, Lucky Philip Dube [website], https://sahistory.org.za/tn/ref/B-0008022, (accessed 24 July 2026).

"Lucky Philip Dube." South African History Online, 17 Feb. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/tn/ref/B-0008022. Accessed 24 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Lucky Philip Dube." South African History Online. February 17, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/tn/ref/B-0008022.