Bongeziwe Mabandla

“There are many ways for a newcomer to experience the music of South Africa’s Bongeziwe Mabandla, but a rewarding place to start is the lyric video for ‘Zange’ …”

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Diane Coetzer
BCUC

Diane Coetzer talks to the South African band BCUC who are exporting their traditional Soweto music across the globe and mesmerising audiences, one transcendental show at a time.

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Diane Coetzer
Afropunk Johannesburg

Rain didn’t stop the second Johannesburg iteration of Afropunk from ushering in 2019 with a lineup that potently made visible the connections between African artists and the diaspora.

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Diane Coetzer
Global Citizen Festival

“By the time Beyoncé and JAY-Z’s closed out Sunday night’s (Dec. 2) Global Citizen Festival — with a stadium-sized version of “Forever Young” — they were the undisputed Queen and King of this global social activism campaign.”

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Diane Coetzer