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September 4, 2019

Reprints Arts World Music

In the Jungle

How legends of the American music industry made millions off the work of Solomon Linda, a Zulu tribesman who wrote “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” and died a pauper.

Rian Malan Rolling Stone May 2000 45min Permalink