Her sensitive new album is rooted at home in South Africa while at the same time journeying to Mali, where it was recorded and co-produced with Salif Keita.
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There aren’t a lot of studies on South Africa’s cultural economy. A new one finds a cluster of creative firms in Cape Town with high levels of innovation.
A period of intense dreaming in 1964 shaped the entire body of the late Joseph Shabalala’s songs. In these rare in-depth interviews, he spoke of his beliefs and inspirations.
There are many sub-genres of Hip Hop, so why is all non-Anglophone music lumped under the label ‘world music’?
Philip Tabane was unlike any other musician. His music was intimately woven into his cosmology and spirituality.
Kwaito music star Mandoza was an important symbolic figure in the post-apartheid cultural scene. His success and his refusal to relinquish his tsotsi identity redefined what kind of man could be respected in a free South African.
A Latin song takes centre stage at graduation ceremonies around the world, including in South Africa. Isn’t it time the continent used its own methods to celebrate major events?
While the debate seems not to be solvable, three academics look at the question of whether artists should provide entertainment or write for their own pleasure.
Concert organisers began to compete for government contracts. Often these contracts came with conditions as to who, among musicians, was desirable at government events.
The Oppikoppi Music Festival, one of the biggest and most popular in South Africa, holds on to the musical memories of the past and provides a musical map to the future.
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Associate of the Gordon Institute for Business Science, University of Pretoria
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer, South African College of Music, University of Cape Town
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Lecturer in Musicology, University of South Africa
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Associate Professor, Department of Music, University of Venda
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Lecturer, University of Fort Hare
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Extraordinary Professor, Stellenbosch University
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Professor Emeritus, Social Anthropology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Lead at Rhythm Obscura / Lecturer in the School of Art, Design and Architecture, University of Plymouth
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Professor of Music Emeritus, and University Fellow, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Music lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
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Poet and lecturer in Creative Writing, University of the Witwatersrand
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Ethnomusicology and African Musical Arts lecturer, Rhodes University
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Lecturer, Wits School of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
