Zed Beats: How Home Studios Reinvented Zambian Pop Music and Gave Young People a Voice
Zed Beats artists aren’t known for political songs, but they’ve become so popular that they’re used to mobilise voters during elections.
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The Rhythms That Broke Bashir: How Sudan’s Music Shaped a Revolution
Music created the networks, identities and spaces of trust that made collective political action possible in Sudan’s 2019 revolution.
Abdullah Ibrahim in the 1960s: How the Famous Pianist Began to Shape an African Jazz Sound
In exile, he imagined a different Africa in his music, while being exposed to new realities abroad.
Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim Crafted a Magnificent New Culture for South Africa
He embodied a special brand of multiple identities and belief systems, and took them to the world.
Yonela Mnana: “Music Education Should Not Be a Luxury”
The jazz pianist has built a career challenging the perception of blindness through music
Cameroon’s Sacred and Royal Animals: Could Literature and Futures Thinking Help Save Them?
Literature about royal animals was used in workshops to imagine better futures.
Recognise Mimi Coertse’s Exceptional Achievements
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) tabled a parliamentary motion this afternoon, requesting that the life and exceptional achievements of Mimi Coertse, South Africa’s most celebrated opera singer and international star, be duly honoured and recognised. Coertse, who passed away on 27 April this year at the age of 93, made a phenomenal contribution to […]
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Melville Families Get Much-Needed Relief From Colourful Arts Festival
The third edition of The Happening festival hopes to boost community morale and local businesses
Revolutionary Rap: Nigerian Star Falz Has Kept Protest Music Alive
Nigerian pop stars are often accused of singing about love and money and ignoring social issues. Falz isn’t one of them.
Cape Town’s Puppets Perform Across the World
“The Herds” has travelled across the globe to raise awareness about migration and climate change
Soweto Youth Honour Their Heritage With Music
The Morris Isaacson Centre for Music teaches music to more than 340
World-Famous Soweto Music School Faces Funding Crisis
Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble may not survive past February next year
What Makes a Person Cool?
Coolness has changed. Today it’s about being extroverted, hedonistic, adventurous, open, powerful and autonomous.
St George’s Cathedral Hosts Sold-Out Fundraiser for Gaza
Songs for Freedom concert raised more than R260,000
10 Notable African Musicians
Fela Kuti (Nigeria) Most Famous Song: “Zombie” Short Bio: Fela Aníkúlápó Kútì (1938-1997) was a Nigerian musician, multi-instrumentalist, composer, pioneer of the Afrobeat music genre, human rights activist, and political maverick. He was a vocal critic of the Nigerian government and used his music as a powerful tool for social and political commentary. His blend …