Spirit of the Great Heart - Johnny Clegg & Friends

An historic gathering of top South African artists came together to perform for the music video of a brand new version of a timeless South African musical classic - Johnny Clegg's 'Spirit of the Great Heart'. Produced by award-winning artist, Michael Canfield, this multi-generational, musically-diverse group has pooled their talents to collaborate on the vocals and visuals of one of South Africa's most loved songs -- all in support of the Starfish Greathearts Foundation, an international development charity that supports over 34,000 orphaned and vulnerable children across South Africa.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• johnnyclegg
• juluka
• savuka
• greatheart
• starfish
• aids
• children
• southafrica
• africa
• nonprofit
• soweto

[ELANDSVALLEY]

That song makes me home sick!

( south africa )

[MyChris202]

One person didn't have the spirit of a great heart. :(

[amelie742]

I don't care who you are....I love you. One starfish at a time.

[kiky1406]

this is the South Africa i know - we sing together, we dance together, we celebrate together but we also cry together - one big family!! Would have like to hear a bit more of our languages though, even just a word or verse of each - we do have 11 of them and i understand that would make the song very long but it such a nice song you don't want it to end anyway!!

[ThandiNC]

@boerqwhaas you are not very smart. Africa is no longer a British colony filled with British subjects who are loyal to Britain at the expense of Africans. Our people have been poor so long with those boers farming there and sending cheap goods to Britain (which is the only reason Britain was even involved in the first place). Africa needs a real revolution where our people own the means of production without any interference from the west. Until you understand that our people are people too...

[limegreendarlene]

love this song :)

[candistarem]

They spoke about the starfish story at my university induction. I felt proud to already know what they were talking about.

[TheMonna2011]

this is an amazing song - heard it many years ago on the radio and instantly fell in love with johnny clegg's music - this video is awesome - great stuff - brings great memories of that awesome country

[MCshowuhz]

I am also an American who had the pleasure of spending some formative years in SA back in 1990-1991. I keep up with the situation down there. God, Africa needs more of this. I posted this on FB as a response to that damn "Shoot the Boer" song that was just banned. I know the whole "Live Aide" thing is a little cliche at this point, but this is WELL DONE! More of this kind of unity please. And what a lovely gesture including Afrikaans singers singing a verse in their own language.