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'Chimurenga Chronic' Pan-African Gazette [Review]
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'Chimurenga Chronic' Pan-African Gazette [Review]

'Chimurenga Chronic,' is a new quarterly Pan-African gazette featuring new voices in the latest art, opinion, photography and African news.

Retrospective Pan-African Gazette 'Chimurenga Chronic' Returns
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Retrospective Pan-African Gazette 'Chimurenga Chronic' Returns

Retrospective pan-African newspaper "Chimurenga Chronic" returns as a quarterly publication.

Video: Dirty Paraffin Documentary
Film + TV

Video: Dirty Paraffin Documentary

Watch a music documentary on South African futurists duo Dirty Paraffin.

Audio: LG Factor 'The Calling (Revisited)'
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Audio: LG Factor 'The Calling (Revisited)'

South African trumpeter Lwanda Gogwana revisits his early composition ‘The Calling" with the help of a jazz collective.

Video: Monoswezi 'Ndinewe/Xtimela' + 'Hondo'
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Video: Monoswezi 'Ndinewe/Xtimela' + 'Hondo'

Zimbabwean traditional music blends with modern jazz to create Monoswezi's blend of soundscapes.

Video: Drive Me Home x Spoek Mathambo x Riky Rick 'Blah Blah Blah'
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Video: Drive Me Home x Spoek Mathambo x Riky Rick 'Blah Blah Blah'

Spoek Mathambo and co-conspirators step back in time in this throwback video for ‘Drive Me Home.’

Audio: Jacaranda Muse ‘Always On My Mind’ [Download]
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Audio: Jacaranda Muse ‘Always On My Mind’ [Download]

Dowload Zimbabwean quartet Jacaranda Muse's "Always On My Mind."

Style: The Ninevites Gang 'Same Old Shirt Collection'
Fashion + Beauty

Style: The Ninevites Gang 'Same Old Shirt Collection'

We highlight new South African fashion brand The Ninevites Gang, inspired by the legendary Jo'burg band of robbers.

Audio: Nonku Phiri's Clouds of Nocturne
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Audio: Nonku Phiri's Clouds of Nocturne

'Clouds of Nocturne' from South African songstress Nonku Phiri.

Audio: Freshly Ground's New Album 'Take Me To The Dance'
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Audio: Freshly Ground's New Album 'Take Me To The Dance'

Freshly Ground Take Me to the Dance is the South African-based afropop collective's fifth studio album.

Audio: LoveGlori 'Changes + Voice Inside'
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Audio: LoveGlori 'Changes + Voice Inside'

LoveGlori South African sisters Lerato Moiloa and Nozuko Mapoma are LoveGlori. Stream 'Changes' + 'Voice Inside.'

Interview: Cape Town World Music Festival
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Interview: Cape Town World Music Festival

Interview with founder of the Cape Town World Music Festival, Ma’or Harris.

Video: Fruits & Veggies 'Taste of Love'
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Video: Fruits & Veggies 'Taste of Love'

Fruits & Veggies Taste of Love, the second cut from the South African rock outfit's debut album.

Video: Driemanskap 'Izulu Lelam'
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Video: Driemanskap 'Izulu Lelam'

Driemanskap Izulu Lelam (Heaven is Mine) is the first visual cut from the Gugulethu conscious hip hop quartet's second album Hlala Nam.

Audio: Goldfish ft. Monique Hellenberg 'Call Me (Culoe De Song Remix)'
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Audio: Goldfish ft. Monique Hellenberg 'Call Me (Culoe De Song Remix)'

South African house DJ/producer Culoe De Song reworks "Call Me" track by Goldfish music makers from South Africa.

Audio: The Brother Moves On 'ETA' [EP Stream]
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Audio: The Brother Moves On 'ETA' [EP Stream]

The Brother Moves On ETA (Expected Time of Arrival) is the second EP from the South African art collective.

Audio: Chashe Musarurwa 'Dhi' [LP Download]
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Audio: Chashe Musarurwa 'Dhi' [LP Download]

Boston-based, Zimbabwean music from Chashe Musarurwa on her debut LP 'Dhi' (produced by multi-instrumentalist Sam McTaggart).

Video: Toya Delazy ‘Heart’
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Video: Toya Delazy ‘Heart’

South African Toya Delazy Heart is an arty stop-frame animation video for the retro-pop single off the pianist/singer’s debut album 'Due Drop.'