Life’s odd times: Kwani is back
/ 27 September 2019

Life’s odd times: Kwani is back

It’s been a long minute since Kwani Experience vocalist and rapper Kwela Sekele has seen some of his former bandmates. “We haven’t been under one roof in a while, let alone a WhatsApp group,” he chuckles before sighing into his steaming cappuccino. Following their hiatus, the music ensemble members have had no obligations to one […]

The Portfolio: Andrew Curnow
/ 12 July 2019

The Portfolio: Andrew Curnow

In the film Shwabada, by Mind Your Head, about jazz legend Ndikho Xaba, musicologist Dr Sazi Dlamini says: “There is no for­mal process as such. It is an experi­ment that relies on the sensitivity between the players.” He was referring to the way in which he, Xaba and other people would improvise on stage together. The […]