Kwaito emerged in Johannesburg in the mid-‘90s as the popular dance music of a South Africa nearing the end of Apartheid, and Professor Rhythm was one of its stars. As the kwaito veteran prepares to ...

Tokollo Tshabalala honours Mandoza at Kwaito in Symphony with orchestral versions of 'Nkalakatha', as fan reactions and a ...

Friends, family and music industry colleagues came out in their numbers to pay heartfelt tributes to celebrated kwaito legend, Doc Shebeleza, at a memorial service held on Wednesday afternoon at the ...

A few songs into her set, Sho Madjozi asks her performance deejay to “just throw a beat and I’ll see what I can do.” When the beat, a hard-hitting gqom instrumental, is eventually given to her, she ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract At the interstices of cultural geography and performance studies, this article continues the author s earlier research and writing on Jamaica ...

Sandy B doesn’t just make music – he carries an entire era with him. The South African artist helped define kwaito back in the ‘90s, when his breakout track Amajovi Jovi turned local streets into ...

If you felt your heart skip a beat when you saw Trompies trending online, you weren’t alone. The iconic kwaito group is officially back in the studio - and yes, there’s a brand-new EP on the way. For ...

Screenshot from one of Vuli Gate's dance craze videos. When Kapuka music beat was taking shape as the Kenyan urban music beat in the 90s, the South African Kwaito sensation was emerging. Kapuka, also ...

Sibusiso Ntshangase, known as S’bu Malawyer. Kwaito music lovers are gearing up to celebrate the 25th anniversary of solo artist Sibusiso Ntshangase, known as S’bu Malawyer, at the Eyethu Lifestyle ...

That statement continues to ring true as new sounds like kwapi emerge, not as replacements, but as extensions that preserve kwaito’s legacy. While South African music has evolved through genres such ...