What a wonderful theme! I chose "Kwela Man" by Johnny Clegg/Juluka - it describes the narrator being entranced by a kwela man (Kwela is a traditional style of street guitar and pennywhistle music in South Africa) because he "filled my soul" and "gave it your life"... it is actually pretty similar to how Johnny Clegg fell in love with Zulu culture, including the traditional guitar styles of maskandi and kwela, which led him dedicating his life to becoming an honourary Zulu and forming two bands (Juluka and then Savuka) that blended Zulu music and Western Celtic music together to form a multi-cultural music that became one of the symbols of the fight against Apartheid and racial segregation...
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