Batsumi’s self-titled debut is a powerful statement against the apartheid state of South Africa. The album was recorded in the segregated township of Soweto just outside Johannesburg, the […]
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12th Isle
2020
33rpm
45rpm
4AD
5 Selects
7"
99 Records
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