Boiler Room x Ballantine’s True Music Africa: 2 Days of Performances and Panel Discussions
The grand finale of True Music Africa will take place in Joburg in June.
Johannesburg will be the last stop for Boiler Room x Ballantine's True Music Africa, a four-city tour that unearths pioneering talent and their stories of hustling through the underground music scene to do it for themselves. The last three cities the tour has been to are Cape Town (South Africa), Douala (Cameroon) and Nairobi (Kenya).
<p style="">The 2-day event will take place on the 20<sup>th</sup> and 21<sup>st</sup> of June. </p><p>The first day will consist of two panel discussions. <strong>Grace Ladoja</strong>, who is <strong>Skepta</strong>'s manager, will kick off proceedings with a keynote discussion. </p><p style="">The two panel discussions on Day 1 will be: </p><p><div class="preroll-video"></div><ora-player></ora-player></p><p><strong>1. Tech and culture</strong></p><p>A discussion on how the digital age is helping Africa's creatives to innovate. On the panel will be: Kenyan True Music artist, <strong>Muthoni Drummer Queen</strong>, <strong>Phenda Kuta</strong> (founder of youth culture magazine, <em>Unlabelled</em>) and <strong>Sabelo Mkhabela</strong> (South Africa staff writer for <em>OkayAfrica)</em>. </p><p><strong>2. Club Culture in Africa</strong> </p><p>A discussion on how the evolving club cultures and new genres are challenging the typical venue set-up. The panel will include the journalist<strong> Boni Mnisi </strong>(This is What Makes Us Girls), Johannesburg based DJ, <strong>Doowap </strong>(YFM), <strong>Kenny Nzama</strong> (aka <strong>DJ Kenzhero</strong>) and <strong>Theresho Selesho</strong> (Matchbox Live CEO). </p><p>DJ Doowap and the Tembisa-based dance crew, Indigenous Dance Academy will also perform on the day. </p><p>On the 21<sup>st</sup> of June, dance music artist such as <strong>DJ Maphorisa</strong>, <strong>Moonchild Sanelly</strong>, <strong>Da Capo</strong>, <strong>Uncle Partytime</strong> and <strong>Symatics </strong>will perform. </p><p>Get tickets <a href="https://boilerroom.tv/session/true-music-johannesburg" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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