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Controversial: Macgyver ‘MacG’ Mukwevho (above) hosts Podcast and Chill with MacG, together with Sol Phenduka and the mysterious ‘Ghost Lady’. It is one of the few local podcasts that have been monetised to date. Photo: Courtesy of MacG

Like, subscribe and comment: The rise of podcasting in South Africa

Podcasts are gaining prominence as a tool to document South African popular culture, but they still have a long way to go as a medium and business

Sabelo Mkhabela

In Tamale, older Hindi films spanning the postcolonial period are still viewed by residents in their homes and in neighbourhood video centres.

Why Indian films are so popular in Ghana — and have been for decades

The history of Indian visual media in Ghana extends all the way to the mid 1950s

Katie Young

The Brenda Fassie statue by Angus Taylor at the Market Theatre in Newtown acknowledges her place in heritage-making as an artist, posits the writer. (Paul Botes)

BORN TO KWAITO REFLECTIONS ON THE KWAITO GENERATION

Is kwaito an old thing yet?

Kwaito was born during South Africa’s transition to democracy and lives on as a kind of heritage

Esinako Ndabeni