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Award-winning artist Thandiswa Mazwai brings ‘A Letter To Azania’ to Cape Town
Friday
/ 20 February 2023

Award-winning artist Thandiswa Mazwai brings ‘A Letter To Azania’ to Cape Town

Stunning show is a sonic exploration of a note written by the musician to the land of freedom centred around love and words

By Bongeka Gumede
State of emergency: The rise and the alchemy of the people’s hit
Friday
/ 18 May 2021

State of emergency: The rise and the alchemy of the people’s hit

South African artists found a musical identity and a way to code political messages in the anxious 80s

By Rangoato Hlasane
Bheki Mseleku: An activist on his own terms
Friday
/ 20 April 2021

Bheki Mseleku: An activist on his own terms

Steve Dyer reflects on jazz musician Bheki Mseleku’s contribution to the canon

By Steve Dyer
Dodging the sjambok: How musicians got around apartheid’s laws
Article
/ 11 April 2020

Dodging the sjambok: How musicians got around apartheid’s laws

The country was a very strange world, but artists, audiences and record companies found ways to get their sound out there

By Derek Davey

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