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Listen In: UK Artist King Charles Honors Madiba in New Song Feat. Shingai Shoniwa

The musical tributes to Madiba are coming in from all over the world. This one by the UK-born singer King Charles is impressive. Charles is the son of former South African stude[...]

Africans Grab SAG Award Nominations, Signals More Accolades to Come

This has been a splendid year for African actors in Hollywood with two of our own being nominated for Screen Actor's Guild Awards from their first feature films. Kenya's Lupita Nyo[...]

"What Does South Africa Make of Zuma?" Channel 4's Jon Snow Asks Singer Simphiwe Dana and Actor Tony Kgoroge

The many take-aways from the memorial ceremony held yesterday at the FNB Stadium in Soweto for late former South African president Nelson Mandela are being picked apart in local an[...]

AfriPOP It or Drop It? Burna Boy and D'Banj's 'Won Da Mo'

It’s no secret that I’ve been trumpeting the arrival of Burna Boy this year every chance I got. *That* Felabration performance which had Seun Kuti hating was a good 80% of the reas[...]

Watch Dazed Digital's Mini-Documentary 'Joburg Party!'

Partnering with South African pop culture photographer/film maker Chris Saunders and former editor Rod Stanley, Dazed Digital just put out this mini-documentary on Joburg's emergin[...]

DJ Juls' Bronya Afro Mix (Listen+Download)

Juls covered all the bases with this one. A 44-track mix of Afro beats heat to keep your Dezemba lively. He says it's just the first in a series of Christmas season mixes so there'[...]

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