Not even the #MeToo movement and a reckoning with sexual abuse could rupture the sound-proof walls of South African classical music.
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In exile, he imagined a different Africa in his music, while being exposed to new realities abroad.
His life in music was a struggle against narrow definitions - of ‘race’, instrumental appropriateness and musical genre.
What was once just a cultural moment has become a powerful economic engine of cultural tourism.
Rashid Vally gave voice to the new Black jazz of the 1970s through his record label As-Shams, named by pianist Abdullah Ibrahim.
The largest South African survey of its kind has found that women in live music are often excluded from decision-making, receive unequal pay and face a range of aggressions.
Released in 1997, Vulindlela reflects the optimism of a democratic South Africa – but Fassie’s ‘bad girl’ image also asks who is really welcome in this new society.
The composer, bassist and innovator Gerald ‘Mac’ McKenzie died on 29 April. He changed Cape Town’s unique music traditions forever.
Wrapped in Rhythm powerfully uses the poems of Lebo Mashile as lyrics.
In his work Abdullah Ibrahim looked to the past to offer a vision of the future.
African artists with major US industry support have the advantage - now more than ever.
The book tells the inside story of how they changed the sound of urban pop.
A new book explores how Cape Town became a hub for African opera.
A 26-member theatre ensemble aims to bring history to light in a fresh way.
Costume, hair and dance allow her to modernise Tsonga culture – and help shape youth identity.
Not just a great jazz singer, Sylvia Mdunyelwa was also an activist, educator, broadcaster and actress.
The legendary As-Shams jazz label has released the first of several compilation albums recovered from its archive.
The annual South African Amapiano Awards will be held on 2 April, a tribute to the growing stature of the dance music genre.
If you ever found yourself in the same room with Gloria Bosman, you were in for a lesson of a lifetime.
Composers are keeping bow music alive through electronic music and other experiments.
Top contributors
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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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Extraordinary Professor, Stellenbosch University
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Lecturer, University of Fort Hare
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Associate Professor, Department of Music, University of Venda
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Professor Emeritus, Social Anthropology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Programme Director for New Archival Visions, Centre for Humanities Research, University of the Western Cape
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Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
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Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of Economics and Researcher at the South African Cultural Observatory, Rhodes University
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PhD Candidate, University of the Free State
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Associate professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Poet and lecturer in Creative Writing, University of the Witwatersrand