A cold-blooded shooting is a common trope in gangsta rap - but a disturbing new development in South African hip-hop.
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Controversial South African band Die Antwoord illustrates the power relations that make cultural appropriation and blackface so damaging.
With his new album Love, Damini he has conquered the world. But how much of his creative soul does he have left?
It’s been in existence since the 1500s but the Kaaps language, synonymous with Cape Town, has never had a dictionary until now.
