Abdullah Ibrahim and Johnny Dyani’s 1973 album was the realisation of a journey in music and spirituality, combining Islamic and Xhosa influences to create something unique.
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Arts, Culture and Sport The legacy of Nigerian music star Orlando Julius must not be overlooked
The man who taught Fela Kuti a thing or two has been all but erased from formal music history. He deserves much better treatment in death.
Arts, Culture and Sport No reason Bafana shouldn’t qualify for Afcon
Football can be fickle, but the national men’s team stand a good chance of coming out on top of their group of South Africa, Morocco, Liberia and Zimbabwe.
Arts, Culture and Sport To Mama Africa with love
Grammy-nominated musician Somi launched her new album reimagining Miriam Makeba with a live performance that amplified the work made in honour of the late activist and musician.
Arts, Culture and Sport 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 love’s South Africa’s biggest house music star.
Arts, Culture and Sport Reflecting on South African novelist K. Sello Duiker’s art of madness and social justice
His major work The Quiet Violence of Dreams is about a young man undergoing a mental breakdown, something that the novelist also experienced.
Arts, Culture and Sport Dambudzo Marechera Ari pakati peN’angawo Here? – Chikamu 2: “Shona rimwe remadhimoni emughetto andaiedza kutiza”
Long Read | In this second essay of a seven-part Shona series, “Is Dambudzo Marechera also among Medicinemen?” Onai Mushava revisits Marechera’s famous statement, “Shona was part of the ghetto daemon I was trying to escape.”
Arts, Culture and Sport At 80, Paulin J. Hountondji is one of Africa’s greatest modern thinkers
Hountondji comes across as the anointed enfant terrible of African philosophy.
Arts, Culture and Sport Ethiopia’s war in Tigray risks wiping out centuries of the world’s history
Many of the artefacts Ethiopia is famous for are found in Tigray. Their continued destruction could lead to irreversible culture shock and social collapse.