After a highly successful showcase in KwaZulu-Natal, the Early African Intellectuals as Composers of Music project ignited the Cape during Heritage Month (September 2019). The project a historical undertaking seeking to ‘wake up’ the African to their ancient music composition and intellectual excellence; as well as raise awareness of and educate about the birth and …
It may help just for second to imagine a landscape where singing softly sung love songs were not possible. This was the moment when Princess Magogo Buthelezi lived, the life which she knew. Mangosuthu Buthelezi describes her mother as a political force of her time—a musician and singer whose life story was turned into an …
In her unique brand of DJ Scholarship, Los Angeles born, DJ Lynnee Denise brings reflective essay writing to the sonic corridors of House Music. She invites us into her world, as she walks the streets of Johannesburg, Newcastle, Durban, Pretoria tracking the Afro-Digital Migration of House Music from its birthplace in Chicago to South Africa …
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