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South African a cappella group sing lessons of history

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - February 29, 2008 For the Grammy award-winning group, their way has been the way to stardom. The uplifting tune is from the group's latest album, "Ilembe: Honoring ...

Scoring goals in sound: MOREKI’s journey from film composer to Orlando Pirates anthem maker

Discover how MOREKI, a talented South African music producer, is revolutionising the sound of football culture through the ...
Los Angeles Times

South Africa’s problems find their way into songs

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — This country’s music, long associated with the anti-apartheid struggle, is changing tempo to target social issues such as crime and the effect of AIDS on the fledgling ...
The Conversation

South Africa’s struggle songs against apartheid come from a long tradition of resistance

Sisanda Nkoala receives funding from the National Research Foundation and has previously been awarded an AW Mellon-UCT Graduate Scholarship in Rhetoric Struggle songs, also known as protest music or ...
Rolling Stone

How South Africa’s ‘Jerusalema’ Became a Global Hit Without Ever Having to Be Translated

Just around 10 million people speak isiZulu, a language out of South Africa. So how did a song in the little-known dialect become a hit with billions of people around the world? The song in question ...