Bass culture is as old as Zimbabwe itself
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Film has all the hits, none of the misses – and very little of the miss-e
South Africa and Jamaica share a history marked by colonisation and slavery
‘Time Come’, a collection of essays, speech, reviews and other forms of prose by the dub poet, Linton Kwesi Johnson, makes for compelling reading
Christianity tells us to worry about hellfire; Bob Marley tells us ‘Don’t worry about a thing’. Drew Forrest looks at the Jamaican singer’s timeless appeal
A master of a sparse, propulsive style, Robbie Shakespeare’s bass spoke volumes
A master of feel, Robbie Shakespeare’s bass spoke through the silence
An extract from the biography ‘People Funny Boy’: how the maverick producer transformed the sound of reggae and its number-one group
The photographer got his first big break touring with The Wailers in the 1970s, after skipping school to meet the band
Sixteen bullets and 27 operations later, Tanzania’s main opposition leader has recovered from a brutal assassination attempt – and is now in the middle of an even bigger fight
Having missed the chance to form a coalition, a so-called ‘endorsement’ may be the next-best step
The iconic concert to celebrate independence in Zimbabwe would prove to contain a warning
Gibson Mandishona on how he helped compose a reggae classic
No one knows how many Ethiopians are in South Africa — but Abiy knows he needs their support
"To deny the contributions of black bodies to what is currently Brazil would be like denying the majority of your family".
Letta Mbulu and Caiphus Semenya are finally signing off on a project that’s been in the making for 20 years
"The promised land wasn’t all it was promised to be."
Family dynasties of musical legends allow us to vicariously indulge our nostalgia – but, surely, there’s a purpose beyond that.
Hooliganism haunts SA – from the ANC’s 2007 conference to last week’s chaos in Parliament.
