An Intimate Look At Young Fathers' South Africa Tour [Photos]
Mercury Prize winners Young Fathers' two-city South Africa tour with LAW, Okmalumkoolkat, Mashayabhuqe KaMamba and more in photos
Photos by Sims Phakisi
<p><strong><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/okayafrica-artists/young-fathers/" target="_blank">Young Fathers</a></strong> were in South Africa last month on a <a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/news/young-fathers-south-africa-tour/" target="_blank">two-city tour</a> hosted by SA beats platform <strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Weheartbeat" target="_blank">Weheartbeat</a></strong> and Cape Town’s <strong><a href="http://www.assemblyradio.com/" target="_blank">Assembly Radio</a></strong> in partnership with the <strong><a href="http://www.britishcouncil.org.za/programmes/arts/connect-za" target="_blank">British Council Connect ZA</a></strong> and <strong>Okayafrica</strong>. The Scottish / Liberian / Nigerian trio, whose debut album <em><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/news/african-albums-top-10-2014/" target="_blank">DEAD</a></em> won them the 2014 <a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/news/young-fathers-dead-mercury-prize-2014-winner/" target="_blank">Mercury Prize</a> and whose follow-up <em>White Men Are Black Men Too</em> is due out in April on Big Dada, were joined by fellow Edinburgh-based R&B/art-rap musician <a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/video/young-fathers-i-heard-law-cover/" target="_blank"><strong>LAW</strong></a> (Laurn Holt) along the way from Joburg to Cape Town. In addition to putting on a pair of <a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/news/young-fathers-johannesburg-livestream/" target="_blank">truly out-of-this-world</a> shows at <strong>King Kong</strong> in JHB (which you can stream in full below) and <strong>The Assembly</strong> in CT, the group also brought their pop charm to a series of events in Soweto and Red Bull Studios in Cape Town, where they were joined by Digital Maskandi mastermind <a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/tag/mashayabhuqe-kamamba/" target="_blank"><strong>Mashayabhuqe KaMamba</strong></a>, electro-futuristic producer <strong><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/news/card-spokes-low-ft-okmalumkoolkat-nonku-phiri/" target="_blank">Card On Spokes</a></strong> and Canadian/South African singer-songwriter <a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/okayafrica-artists/zaki-ibrahim/" target="_blank"><strong>Zaki Ibrahim</strong></a>. As the group gets ready to head out on a full <a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/news/young-fathers-shame-new-single-north-american-tour-dates/" target="_blank">North American tour</a> next month, Weheartbeat co-founder <strong>Sims Phakisi</strong> has shared with us his intimate photos from Young Fathers' travels in South Africa.</p><p><div class="preroll-video"></div><ora-player></ora-player></p><p><em>For more from Young Fathers, listen to "<a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/news/young-fathers-shame-new-single-north-american-tour-dates/" target="_blank">Shame</a>" and "<a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/news/young-fathers-new-album-white-men-are-black-men-too/" target="_blank">Rain Or Shine</a>"– the first two singles off their forthcoming sophomore LP, 'White Men Are Black Men Too' (due out April 7 on Big Dada).</em></p><p><iframe src="https://new.livestream.com/accounts/1287887/events/3825665/feed_embed?width=640&height=900" width="100%" height="480" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="MGSGN91506609755"></iframe></p>
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