A legend and his photographer: Brett Rubin on portraying Hugh Masekela
/ 20 August 2022

A legend and his photographer: Brett Rubin on portraying Hugh Masekela

Hugh Masekela’s personal photographer in later life, Brett Rubin, talks about the series of Masekela portraits in the exhibition, ‘Home Is Where the Music Is’

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A new wave of jazz is blowing through Mzansi
/ 5 June 2022

A new wave of jazz is blowing through Mzansi

Nduduzo Makhathini’s release of his 10th studio album, In The Spirit of Ntu, is part of the ever evolving sound that is South African jazz. But what is the sound of the genre’s reinvention by the new generation of musicians — and is it still jazz?

An icon shared with all of Africa
/ 2 February 2018

An icon shared with all of Africa

‘This was a man,’ said Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo during a moving tribute at Hugh Masekela’s funeral in Johannesburg