What is Brenda Fassie?
{{Infobox musical artist | background = solo_singer | image = | image_size = | caption = Angus Taylor's life-size [[bronze sculpture]] of Brenda Fassie outside Bassline, a [[music venue]] in [[Johannesburg]]. [[The Sunday Times (South Africa)|''The Sunday Times'']] commissioned the tribute, which was installed in March 2006. | birth_name = Brenda Nokuzola Fassie | alias = MaBrrr | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1964|11|3}} | birth_place = [[Langa, Cape Town|Langa]], [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]] | origin = [[Johannesburg]], South Africa | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2004|5|9|1964|11|3}} | death_place = Johannesburg, South Africa | genre = [[Afro pop music|Afropop]] | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 1980s–2004 | label = [[CCP Records]] | associated_acts = [[Brenda and the Big Dudes]] | website = }} '''Brenda Nokuzola Fassie''' (3 November 1964 – 9 May 2004) was a [[South Africa]]n anti-[[apartheid]] [[Afro pop music|Afropop]] singer.<ref>[http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/brenda-nokuzola-fassie | Brenda Nokuzola Fassie |] South African History Online</ref><ref>[https://www.iol.co.za/entertainment/music/local/remembering-brenda-fassie-13-years-on-9026577 | Remembering Brenda Fassie – 13 years on |] IOL Entertainment</ref> == Early life == She was named after American singer [[Brenda Lee]]. Fassie's music became a symbol of hope for the South African black community during its Apartheid painful days.<ref>[https://www.brandsouthafrica.com/people-culture/people/brenda-fassie-immortalised-comic-book | Brenda Fassie immortalised in comic book |] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203070814/https://www.brandsouthafrica.com/people-culture/people/brenda-fassie-immortalised-comic-book |date=2019-02-03 }} Brand South Africa</ref> == Death == Fassie died on 9 May 2004, aged 39.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/17/arts/brenda-fassie-39-south-african-pop-star-dies.html Brenda Fassie, 39, South African Pop Star, Dies -] The New York Times</ref> == References == {{reflist