When Kwaito burst onto the South African music scene in the early 1990s, the infectious mix of chanted lyrics, slowed-down house beats and bass-heavy African percussion quickly became the soundtrack ...

The Taming of Jakarumba – Life of a Pantsula is a musical production that narrates the life, challenges and triumphs of one of the most colourful characters in the kwaito music industry. Jairus ...

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 ...

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 ...

Music has been his bread and butter since his early twenties. He gave us hits like Bula boot, Ungawa Kum, Groovers prayer, among many others. Now that the kwaito legend’s career turns 30 years, he ...