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Answer our dreams, Mr President

Article Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela - 23 Feb 2018

Cyril Ramaphosa has ushered in a new dawn but poverty and inequality trip up our hopes

United by an affinity with the blues

Article Staff Reporter - 1 Dec 2017

The pairing of Nina Simone and Moses Sumney raises questions at the epicentre of life and love

Angela Davis: Nina Simone’s music was so much more than the soundtrack to a movement

Article Angela Davis - 5 Sep 2016

Black feminist activist and theorist, writer and teacher Angela Davis will deliver the annual Steve Biko Memorial Lecture at Unisa on Friday.

Catch-22: The pressure of being children of musical greats like Kuti and Simone

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 29 Aug 2016

Family dynasties of musical legends allow us to vicariously indulge our nostalgia – but, surely, there’s a purpose beyond that.

The problem with (mis)representation is …

Article Mpho Moshe Matheolane - 5 Dec 2012

The Nina Simone biopic debacle shows there will always be a problem when the representation of another is concerned, writes Mpho Moshe Matheolane.

They finally made her go to rehab

Article Staff Reporter - 31 Aug 2007

Esther Addley asks whether Amy Winehouse's overdose will make the talented singer alter her lifestyle.

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