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    Nakhane: “New Brighton” featuring ANOHNI

    Dubbed an Artist To Watch in 2019 by the New York Times, Nakhane  is not your average South African songwriter.

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    By Ariana Morgenstern • Feb 6, 2019 • 1 min read

    Dubbed an Artist To Watch in 2019 by the New York Times, Nakhane is not your average South African songwriter. An actor and novelist, Nakhane came out as gay to his fundamentalist Christian church, which resulted in him being subjected to conversion therapy. He embraced his sexuality and delivers the political and timely, "New Brighton" featuring ANOHNI.

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      Ariana Morgenstern

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