January 1959 Bunny (Barney) Rachabane Pennywhistler

January 1959 Bunny (Barney) Rachabane Pennywhistler Kid He will Play In London This is 10 year old Bunny Rachabane of Alexandra Township. Bunny hit the news resently when his group, the Alexandra Junior All Stars, was stranded in Cape Town after appearing in Lofty Adam's Africa Sings! The Union of Southern African Artists came to the rescue and sent the boys money to come home to the Rand. Immediately they were back they were plunged right into the Township Jazz. One of the parts in Leon Gluckman's big musical production, King Kong will be played by tiny, 10 year old Bunny Rachabane, Pennywhistler from Alexandra. Now in rehearsal, Bunny Rachabane and his four partners the Alexandra Bright Boys are sweating it out as hard as the big professionals. Bunny will be playing the part of a small time pennywhistler who has his own piped version of the theme song King Kong. His troup the Alexandra Bright

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Photograph: Drum Social Histories - Baileys African History Archive - Africa Media Online