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South African producer and DJ Black Coffee plays in New York in 2018. Photo by Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images

Grammy star Black Coffee: winning the world, losing at home

Despite controversy at home and a decade late, the Grammy win proves how much the world loves South Africa’s biggest house music star.
Mandoza at the South African music Awards in 2012. South African Music Awards/flickr

Game-changer Mandoza defied South Africa’s elitist cultural norms

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.

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