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Amapiano, traditional drums and algorithms

There is a familiar story that plays out whenever Zimbabwean youth create something new. Elders sigh, pulpits stiffen, community forums erupt, and the verdict is delivered with certainty. Our culture ...
Protest music has a long and honourable tradition in southern Africa. In the colonial era, it began at least as long ago as 1897, when the South African songwriter Enoch Sontonga wrote his classic ...
In all the focus the Western world has placed on the individual, it has lost sight of the family—both immediate and extended versions, encompassing the members of a shared culture. In part that's due ...
“I am into music that speaks to people, music should still communicate to people as much as it makes them excited but it should send some message that it is relevant to the times.” When people talk ...