The invitation said: “Two giants unite. Come and experience this historical moment.” It also included an image of two artists walking across the midlands with their backs to the camera. This didn’t ...

Penny Siopis is a South African artist whose work addresses themes of identity, history and memory. Across her practice, Siopis has highlighted the intersections between national, cultural and ...

South African musicians are celebrating a decision by one of the country's largest broadcasters to introduce a quota in favor of local music on its radio stations. The South African Broadcasting ...

Well before Paul Simon's "Graceland" came along, a white musician from South Africa named Johnny Clegg was already breaking apartheid laws and celebrating Zulu culture. He co-founded two important, ...

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, known as the “mother of the nation” of South Africa, passed away earlier this month at the age of 81. During the apartheid era, she fought tirelessly for her then-husband ...

South Africa was a pariah state since the early 1970s when the United Nations (UN) declared that system a crime against ...

Johnny Clegg, a South African musician who performed in defiance of racial barriers imposed under the country's apartheid system decades ago and celebrated its new democracy under Nelson Mandela, died ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by By Michael Cooper It is a brief, charming moment — and subtle enough that some audience members may miss it. But it speaks loudly as a symbol: the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Johnny Clegg, a South ...

In late July, an afternoon heatwave seared the grimy blacktop outside the downtown L.A. music venue 1720. Zulu, an ambitious 4-year-old L.A. hardcore band, wouldn’t perform for many hours. Yet dozens ...

For this Sense Of Place session, we spent some time in South Africa with guitarist and songwriter Johnny Clegg. The visionary musician was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer three years ago, and spent ...