[2] Dorothy Masuka (3 September 1935 – 23 February 2019) was a Zimbabwe-born South African jazz singer.

Masuka's music was popular in South Africa throughout the 1950s, but when her songs became more serious, the government began questioning her.

[3] This exile lasted 31 years in total during which she lived in Zambia and worked as a flight attendant.

[3] In August 2011, Dorothy Masuka and Mfundi Vundla, creator of the popular South African soap opera Generations, confirmed plans to make a film of Masuka's life.

[4] On 27 April 2017 she featured in the concert "The Jazz Epistles featuring Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya," at The Town Hall, New York City, opening the show and delivering "one passionate performance after another, warming up and winning over the crowd".