I first saw Kesivan Naidoo play at the Independent Armchair Theater in Observatory. I was living around the corner at the time. He played drums in Tribe, a band fronted by pianist Mark Fransman. Much has changed since then. Naidoo is now sought after and fronts his own bands. These include Babu and Kesivan and […]
More Chalk
May 12, 2011 By 2 Comments
You’d think the people behind this ad for the annual National Arts Festival in South Africa’s Grahamstown have been watching too many Spoek videos recently. I would love to see some of that music on the festival’s stage then. Or are they referring to the face-painting by young Xhosa initiates? How many Xhosa acts are […]
‘We cannot say we are free’
May 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
If you judged South Africa by the results of the regular elections held there, you’d miss a lot. There’s one coming up later this month. As we wrote here a few days ago on this blog (republished here), the growing discontent with the state and the ruling party has been brewing for a while. Here’s […]
