Protest Music
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Billy Monama is staging a revival of memory
The Rebirth of Ubuntu returns with a focus on legacy, as Billy Monama pushes for music that remembers, questions and resonates beyond the stage
Gabi Motuba and the sound of sacred resistance
Gabi Motuba’s music stretches beyond jazz, transforming grief, memory and resistance into a spiritual sonic language rooted in black life and liberation
Soundtrack of the struggle
Jazz and activism have long been intertwined, but how does the music speak today?
Teaching South Africa’s youth about rebel music
Protest music and protest culture is part of being black, and of being human. Several musicians are passing this practice on to the next generation
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The struggle is in the songs
Several artists are reminding us that protest music has always been at the heart of the revolution.