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The Brenda Fassie statue by Angus Taylor at the Market Theatre in Newtown acknowledges her place in heritage-making as an artist, posits the writer. (Paul Botes)
BORN TO KWAITO REFLECTIONS ON THE KWAITO GENERATION

Is kwaito an old thing yet?

Kwaito was born during South Africa’s transition to democracy and lives on as a kind of heritage

  • Esinako Ndabeni
3 min read
Mandla Spikiri is a kwaito artist who is very deliberate about the clothes he wears. (Oupa Bopape/Gallo Images)
BORN TO KWAITO REFLECTIONS ON THE KWAITO GENERATION

Extract from ‘Born to Kwaito’: How we choose to fashion ourselves

How we choose to dress is an instrument to communicate personal, race, class, gender and identity politics, as discussed in this extract from ‘Born to Kwaito’

  • Esinako Ndabeni
4 min read