On June 13 the sad news arrived that legendary South African drummer and composer Louis Moholo-Moholo had passed away at 85 after a long illness. Louis, “Tebogo,” Bra Louis, as he was variously and ...

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Louis Tebugo Moholo-Moholo was born in St Monica’s Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa on 10 March 1940. He’d not have appreciated that introduction, once chastising an interviewer: Ah, no! My name is ...

The history of jazz in South Africa is inextricably linked to the legacy of the struggle against apartheid. The first wave of jazz musicians who gained renown outside of the nation were forced into ...

Many Kenyans consider jazz to be music for the elite. It is rarely played in clubs and only a certain class of people patronise jazz joints. But in South Africa, it is music for the masses, just like ...

The Center for Advanced Study and the University of Illinois Press hosted panelists Darius and Catherine Brubeck, who pioneered the first jazz education program in apartheid South Africa. The Brubecks ...

Celebrated globally each year on April 30th, International Jazz Day pays tribute to the essence of artistic freedom. In South Africa, this celebration follows closely after the highly successful 2025 ...

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