Music

Tone Poem
Hotep Galeta's sudden passing means another voice from South Africa’s greatest generation of jazz musicians has fallen silent.

Janka in America
The King of Bubu, Janka Nabay, translates this music and his culture for rock kids in the trendy hangouts of New York City.

Die Antwoord is Badass
Die Antwoord's magnetism (or repulsion) lies in the way they combine clichés about race with those of gender and sexuality.

Black Atlantic Identity Politics
Two years later, Barack Obama's election as US President still influence cultural production on the continent.

Manifest Destiny
It is through popular culture that the initial connections with homeland and diaspora will begin to make an impact on the consciousness of younger generations of Africans.