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Becoming: Bongeziwe Mabandla’s Ndingubani has been gestating for years, waiting for the courage to come into being. Photo: Christopher Saunders
ACOUSTIC

Bongeziwe Mabandla is ready to be fully present

With a new album on the horizon and sold-out shows across the globe, Bongeziwe Mabandla is stepping into the artist he was always becoming

  • Kibo Ngowi
8 min read
Poet-activist: Vusi Mahlasela came of age in a community defined by oppression and extraordinary creative resilience. Photo: Gallo Record Company
2010 FIFA WORLD CUP

Vusi Mahlasela has never stopped singing for change

South Africa’s most beloved troubadour on new music, staying rooted in Mamelodi and why peace is worth singing about

  • Kibo Ngowi
7 min read
Set for the stage: Ndumiso Manana is preparing for the first leg of a nationwide tour that begins in Johannesburg before moving to East London, Makhanda for the National Arts Festival, Durban, Cape Town and Pretoria. Photo: Supplied
AFRICAN MUSIC

Manana and the art of trusting the process

Fresh off his Standard Bank Young Artist win, Manana reflects on growth, collaboration and creating space for alternative sound in South Africa

  • Kibo Ngowi
8 min read
In stillness: Zoya Uwineza Mothupi-Sarges, better known as Uwineza, is set to release her album in April. Photo: Supplied
AFRICAN ARTISTS

Uwineza’s ‘Wings’ teaches you how to sit still again

A quiet, stripped-back album that asks you to slow down, listen inward, and trust what surfaces in the silence

  • Lesego Chepape
8 min read