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The Singer Who Defied Apartheid
PJ Powers was the first white pop star to perform in Soweto at the height of apartheid
PJ Powers is one of South Africa's best known singers. She started her career during the apartheid era of the 1980s and became the first white woman to perform to an all-black audience in the Soweto township. PJ became a prominent anti-apartheid activist sharing the stage with black South African musicians and eventually singing at Nelson Mandela's inauguration as President.
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