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Making it big: Umzulu Phaqa’s new single Mam’gobhozi is getting a ton of attention online.
AFRO POP

Umzulu Phaqa: Singing stories, shifting culture and making music her own way

A genre-blending storyteller, Phaqa is redefining Zulu identity through culture-rich and fearless sound

  • Lesego Chepape
6 min read
Good times: Joe Nina and collaborator Steve Kekana in March 2020. (Photo: Oupa Bopape)
ABRAM MOJALEFA

Steve Kekana: Blind, brilliant and bold as love

When news of the passing of one of SA’s most iconic musicians broke, Bongani Madondo revisited his songbook and located him in the global pantheon of the greatest vocalists, ever

  • Bongani Madondo
18 min read