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Dolly Rathebe

Dolly Rathebe was a South African actress and singer (1928–2004). She was born at Randfontein and died at Pretoria.

Dolly Rathebe in brief

Born
1928
Died
2004
Known for
actress and singer
Place of birth
Randfontein
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Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Rathebe, Dolly, African American Studies Center, 2011. Celebrating Dolly Rathebe, South Africa’s original black woman superstar, 2021. Music, film and gangsters in the Sophiatown imaginary: featuring Dolly Rathebe, Scrutiny2, 2004. So-Fire-Town: The representations of a translucent urban Black femininity in the Black press through the signatures of Dolly Rathebe in the 1950s, Agenda, 2022.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 13 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 2 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 2 means 2 genuinely separate publishers of record. 23 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1928Dolly Rathebe born at Randfontein.
  2. 2004Dolly Rathebe died at Pretoria.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    Celebrating Dolly Rathebe, South Africa’s original black woman superstar, 2021

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Music, film and gangsters in the Sophiatown imaginary: featuring Dolly Rathebe, Scrutiny2, 2004

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Rathebe, Dolly, African American Studies Center, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    So-Fire-Town: The representations of a translucent urban Black femininity in the Black press through the signatures of Dolly Rathebe in the 1950s, Agenda, 2022

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q539333: Dolly Rathebe

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  6. 6.

    “Dolly Rathebe”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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