African Music

Farewell To Ndikho Xaba – A Little Known Genius Of South African Music

It’s the late 1990s at the Windybrow Theatre in Johannesburg. I’m with an American-born friend whose jazz tastes were shaped by the Chicago free music scene of the 1970s. On to the stage walks a slight, goateed figure in a blue African s...

Joburg Post·almost 5 years ago

Mzilikazi Khumalo: iconic composer who defied apartheid odds to leave a rich legacy

Professor James Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo (1932-2021), who has died at at the age of 89, had a distinguished career as a linguist, which complemented a stellar career in music. He was the leading composer and director of choral music t...

Thomas Pooley ·almost 3 years ago