Boudina McConnachie is affiliated with Rhodes University and hosted Madosini at ILAM funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in 2021. Renowned African musician, songwriter and storyteller Latozi ...

University of Pretoria provides funding as a partner of The Conversation AFRICA. Drummer, saxophonist, composer, activist – and anthropology student – Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse has turned 70. If you ...

The history of jazz in South Africa is inextricably linked to the legacy of the struggle against apartheid. The first wave of jazz musicians who gained renown outside of the nation were forced into ...

Professor Barbara Hill Moore in her office in the Meadows School of the Arts on the campus of SMU in Dallas on Tuesday June 18, 2023. Lawrence Jenkins / Special Contributor When Southern Methodist ...

Fans can look forward to the Lighthouse Family’s greatest hits, including 'High', 'Lifted', 'Ocean Drive' and 'Raincloud'.

At 64, McCoy Mrubata is a commanding presence on the South African jazz scene. A Cape Town native who now resides in Johannesburg along with his wife and four children, Mrubata has won many awards and ...

How is this even happening? I am still trying to wrap my head around it. Legends. Actual legends. All on one stage. For one night only. This is going to be massive but I still feel like I’m dreaming.

The country has a rich, original relationship to jazz, with American techniques layered into regional traditions and rhythms. Explore 50 years of recordings picked by musicians, poets and writers. By ...

Abel Selaocoe isn’t so much a cellist as a magician. The South African musician is on a neon-lit stage in Camden – lights, ...

Tyla's mission is clear. She's setting out to change the geography of pop stardom. "It's something I feel like the industry is lacking," the singer declares. "An African pop star." Fresh off a year of ...

It’s not easy to steal the show at the Met Gala. But no one who saw the South African singer Tyla ascend the stairs in May in a one-off Balmain couture gown made of sculpted sand will ever forget it. ...