Rising amapiano star DBN Gogo performs in Dakar, Senegal.
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The annual South African Amapiano Awards will be held on 2 April, a tribute to the growing stature of the dance music genre.
Kamo Mphela performs at the First Annual South African Amapiano Music Awards in 2021.
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The beats are fresh but the performances are second rate and lacking star quality.
The 2022 event was cancelled but then given permission to go ahead.
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The non-stop four-day dance party is always controversial – this year because of threats of terrorist attacks.
South African producer and DJ Black Coffee plays in New York in 2018.
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Despite controversy at home and a decade late, the Grammy win proves how much the world loves South Africa’s biggest house music star.
The late, legendary percussionist Mabi Thobejane pictured in 2018.
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He did not so much play the drums, as become the drum. His influence was felt through his trailblazing percussive work and his many collaborations.
A group of colleagues taking up the viral #JerusalemaDanceChallenge in Cape Town.
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Like Pata-Pata, Homeless and Mbube, the song Jerusalema is elevated by a historical moment in time and has the power to cross over to different audiences.