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Three South African musicians talk about the spell of the purple one.
Guitarist Mdou Moctar stars in an adaptation of Prince’s movie Purple Rain – transferred to the deserts of Niger.
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/ 25 October 1985
Heavily-armed police used sjamboks and their new water cannon – immediately dubbed “purple rain” because of the dye in the water to disperse crowds in Adderley Street, Cape Town, yesterday afternoon. This was the third time in a week that unrest had spilled out of the townships and into white areas. Rioting allegedly started yesterday […]