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10 things you didn’t know about John Edmond

  1. John Edmond is a folk singer
  2. He became popular in the 1970s for his Rhodesian patriotic songs
  3. John Edmond was born 18 November 1936
  4. He reached the height of his fame during the Rhodesian Bush War
  5. He was sometimes called the “Bush Cat”
  6. During his childhood, he and his parents moved between Scotland and Central Africa
  7. He went to school in Luanshya, Northern Rhodesia, Edinburgh
  8. After some time there, Edmond joined Southern Rhodesia’s Royal Rhodesia Regiment at Bulawayo.
  9. In 1982, Edmond’s label RAM published The story of Troopiesongs and the Rhodesian Bush War, a collection of lyrics for Troopiesongs, in Johannesburg
  10. Since 1987, John and his wife Theresa have owned and maintained a resort in South Africa named “Kunkuru”
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