The Africa Report

South Africa: Major League DJz link up with Major Lazer for ‘Piano Republik’ album

Since transitioning to amapiano, not only have they grabbed headlines by playing the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival alongside the Grammy Award-winning Black Coffee, but they also famously ...
The Conversation

Spirit of Ntu: South African piano maestro Nduduzo Makhathini on his 10th album

University of Pretoria provides funding as a partner of The Conversation AFRICA. The philosophy of Ntu (stemming from the philosophy of ubuntu) speaks to the merging of the physical and spiritual and ...
The Conversation

Amapiano Awards: South Africa’s dance music scene spreads its joy across the world

Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town Amapiano is a soulful mix of grooves, sonic textures and moods that can be by turns hectic, smooth, melodic or ...
The Africa Report

South Africa: Jorja Smith song brings global interest and worries about Amapiano appropriation

Back when MTV Base Africa was launched in 2005, there wasn’t a clear indication of where African music was headed. The platform was introduced to help grow the African music scene and help it find its ...
Variety

From Beyonce’s ‘My Power’ to ‘Black Panther,’ New Book Explores How the Sounds of South Africa Reached the Global Pop Stage

In an excerpt from the 33 ⅓ title "South African Popular Music," the author breaks down house music offshoots gqom and amapiano. When Beyoncé put together her companion soundtrack album, “The Lion ...