Spoek Mathambo
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Labours of love: A movie, music, a novel – oh, and a baby
Multi-talented filmmakers Carla Fonseca Mokgata and Nthato Mokgata are making history with their romantic comedy
Umshini uyakhuluma: Technology encroaches on the human touch in Nguni Machina
The metric of success for Vulane Mthembu’s Nguni Machina won’t be how many people stream it, but if listeners can’t tell if the music was made by artificial intelligence
The new wave way: How SA’s now generation moves different
South Africa’s newest stars have turned to the internet and cultivated cult followings to launch themselves onto the global music scene
Review: ‘Vukazithathe’, a portrait of the maskandi artist as a mentor and friend
Nthato Mokgata’s documentary ‘Vukazithate’, showing online at the National Arts Festival, tells an intimate story of his mentor and maskandi legend, Bhekisenzo “Vukazithathe” Cele
The voice: Langa Mavuso
Drawing on his own experiences, Langa Mavuso soulfully unpacks the not-so-rosy side of romance, tackling issues of loss and betrayal.
Shepherd makes famo his own
Morena Leraba’s sounds may not be cogent, but he is retracing a tradition in a rapid high-tech age
What does foreign validation of SA music really count for?
The need for cosigns from non-Africans is a long-standing feature of the South African music industry that undermines our artists’ capabilities.
Cape Town Nu World Festival promises more cultural and musical diversity
The Cape Town World Music Festival returns to the music calendar with a new name and a clearer focus.
Africa’s space oddities are transformed into fetishes
A peek into the enigma that is Afrofuturism shows differing views – from patronising to progressive of what it means to be black in the 21st century.
Future sounds mine the past
Spoek Mathambo explores the ancient music of the San and gets hip to maskandi for his latest project.
Musician Spoek Mathambo’s ode to modern,? futuristic women
Spoek Mathambo’s new video has taken a bit of a detour from his usual brand of "dark and edgy", as director Fausto Becatti terms it.
Spoek Mathambo: Afro-futurism’s heir apparent
The Future Sound of Mzansi is a compilation album of rarities, remixes and collaborations that will be distributed across the continent.
Spoek Mathambo: Beyond Afro-futurism
Spoek Mathambo talks to the M&G about his latest release, his position in the SA music industry and an upcoming collaboration with Gorillaz.
There’s a Spoek on my stoep
Dubbed this year’s Die Antwoord, Spoek Mathambo’s sound is uncategorically South African.
I’m not the king, fumes Spoek
Spoek Mathambo was not happy with the way he was portrayed in a recent <i>Guardian</i> story.