Izithunywa Zohlanga: The Messengers Return With “Umqul’uvuliwe”
The Messengers Sawubona. Some hip hop is made for those living on the earth, some is made for those living above it, but time and time again, we come across…
THE IKHAMANGA OF ALL ORDERS: “The Most Important Musician In South Africa.”
We were sitting on the spacious veranda after the recording and shoot of the album kwaNtu. I was sitting with the designer and music curator nkosasazana Bathini, chef Bathandwa, Kwantu…
NO ORDERS FOR THIS IKHAMANGA: No Genres! No Borders For Sibusile Xaba!
Or we can call him Shwabada by now. Shwabada is the one who called Bafo to work on the kwaNTU album. He had expressed his desire to make an album…
OF ORDERS AND IKHAMANGAS: The Work Of A BaNtu Bluesman
Bafo’s music being inspired by divination rhythms, it comes a certain way. Bafo has mentioned having poetic dreams, and those being the force behind his music. Through this process, he…
OF ORDERS AND IKHAMANGAS: Madala is Madala is Madala
Having not gone to school, and letting go of a promising diski career, music became the only way out for the growing Kunene. Though he played Mbaqanga under the association…
OF ORDERS AND IKHAMANGAS: The Young Muziwakhe Kunene
Or we can call him Bafo by now. Bafo is one of the last of them. The last of those cats who saw what they were supposed to see post…