Legendary African jazz musician Hugh Masekela has died at the age of 78. “After a protracted and courageous battle with prostate cancer, he passed peacefully in Johannesburg,...
In the Africa I know, we sing and dance when we are happy, when we go to the battlefield, and in times of bereavement. We did...
African jazz legend Thandi Klaasen saw and sang through it all; many years of hunger, oppression and an acid bomb thrown into her face. When she...
His father broke his guitar and the loss of his son smashed his life; Oliver Mtukudzi’s music has brought much joy into the lives of millions...
Under the apartheid regime, people were kicked out of their homes in Sophiatown and the jazz that reverberated through the streets faded away. A man named...
Tony Elvin is bringing tourists and money to Cape Town’s oldest township in a bid to rejuvenate it.
Lawi taught himself how to play music against the will of his parents. He’s never looked back.
Letta Mbulu sings with soul, the soul of Africa. Born in Soweto where people turned to music and dance to escape the dark days of apartheid...
It was in 1966 in Dahomey, old Benin. A little girl is standing under the glare of heavy spotlights at the Palais des Congrès de Cotonou,...
Two days before last year’s Grammy Awards, the prolific South African jazz musician and activist, Hugh Masekela, arrived in Los Angeles. He had been nominated in...