The song was written hot, as the news of the massacre reached the world. Its creators spanned the continent.
Articles on Miriam Makeba
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One of ten young Malian musicians chosen to study in Cuba, he would pioneer his own brand of African salsa.
African artists with major US industry support have the advantage - now more than ever.
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.
If you ever found yourself in the same room with Gloria Bosman, you were in for a lesson of a lifetime.
Kidjo has a remarkable cultural vision that spans the globe but stays true to her roots.
The album Follow the Sun shows how South African jazz draws from diversity to speak fluidly across borders.
Makeba, who would have turned 90 on 4 March 2022, was a hugely influential artist and an icon of African liberation and identity.
Her celebration of black life, black beauty and black humanity through her films and music was subversive.
Schooled in music through church, he was driven by a fierce sense of belonging to Lesotho where he was born, and neighbouring South Africa.
The revered trombonist, composer and cultural activist never wished to be ‘the state composer’ but remained political until the end, in service of the people.
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.
The gift of his images lies in their depiction of the social worlds that apartheid sought to destroy, but that live on through the photographs.
Pan-African festival marked the emergence of a post-imperial world
The politics of Jonas Gwangwa’s music have stayed constant over the years, and are also apparent in the eight albums he has released in South Africa since returning from 30 years of exile.
Songstress Dorothy Masuku once told South Africa’s public broadcaster that music was like breathing for her.
South African jazz veteran Jonas Gwangwa has been getting recognition for the pivotal role he played in ‘singing down apartheid.’
Hugh Masekela’s itinerary-in-exile was loud and clear in his songs.
South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela made an impact across the world during his decades-long musical career.
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Associate of the Gordon Institute for Business Science, University of Pretoria
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Senior Lecturer, South African College of Music, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor (Archaeology), University of South Africa
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Ethnomusicology, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of American History, University of California, Los Angeles
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Associate professor in Cultural Studies and English, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Professor of Music, Wesleyan University
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Professor Emeritus, Social Anthropology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Ethnomusicology, Kent State University
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Senior Lecturer (Radical Humanities Laboratory, University College Cork), University College Cork
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Lecturer, Wits School of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of French and Postcolonial Studies, University of Strathclyde
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Artist in Residency, University of Pretoria
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Professor emeritus of music, SOAS, University of London
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town