Sihle Mthembu

Article Sihle Mthembu - 1 Mar 2019

The golden-voiced singer, activist and author of such iconic songs as 'Pata Pata' and 'Khawuleza' spoke to Sihle Mthembu a few months ago

Article Sihle Mthembu - 26 Jan 2018

‘It was like Jesus coming back’ when a maskandi star was miraculously ‘resurrected’. The bizarre events that ensued divided fans and family alike

Article Sihle Mthembu - 14 Mar 2017

Mandla Dube’s film on Solomon Mahlangu resists a political overview and apartheid hero-worship.

Article Sihle Mthembu - 30 Jan 2017

By not articulating an experience as formative as being in a Tasmanian jail, OkMalumKoolKat affirms the stereotype that men are emotionally obtuse.

Article Sihle Mthembu - 2 Jun 2016

Sihle Mthembu has a Facebook messenger conversation with filmmaker Roger Young about his 20-year film in the making ‘Love Runs Out’.

Article Sihle Mthembu - 22 Aug 2015

A BLK JK has swapped music for film with ‘Black President’, homing in on an artist whose work interrogates power on the African continent.

Article Sihle Mthembu - 25 Jun 2015

Guitarist Vuma Levin's music draws on various philosophies and genres that result in a lean, decisive sound.

Article Sihle Mthembu - 28 May 2015

Madala Kunene, one of SA’s most talented musicians, is reluctant to talk about himself – he prefers to let his six-string Takamine deliver the spiel.

Article Sihle Mthembu - 7 May 2015

Digital troubadour Mashayabhuqe KaMamba is the shaman of urban escapism for the Y generation.

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