<p>Oumou Sangaré – Ah Ndiyah (remixed)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/oumou-sangare-boddhi-satva-ah-ndiyah/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/oumou-sangare-boddhi-satva-ah-ndiyah/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/oumou-sangar</span><span class="invisible">e-boddhi-satva-ah-ndiyah/</span></a></p><p>Ah Ndiyah – Boddhi Satva’s Ancestral Soul mix</p><p>Original song from album Moussolou.</p><p><a href="/tags/afrohouse/" rel="tag">#AfroHouse</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/oumousangaré/" rel="tag">#OumouSangaré</a> <a href="/tags/remixed/" rel="tag">#Remixed</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a></p>
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<p>Davido’s appearance at 'Amapiano’s biggest concert' turned a night of celebration into a study in Afrophobia, fandom, and the fragile borders of South African cultural nationalism.<br><a href="https://africasacountry.com/2025/11/davidos-jacket" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="africasacountry.com/2025/11/davidos-jacket"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">africasacountry.com/2025/11/da</span><span class="invisible">vidos-jacket</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/afrohouse/" rel="tag">#AfroHouse</a> <a href="/tags/amapiano/" rel="tag">#Amapiano</a> <a href="/tags/racism/" rel="tag">#Racism</a> <a href="/tags/afrophobia/" rel="tag">#AfroPhobia</a> <a href="/tags/aiac/" rel="tag">#AIAC</a></p>
<p>Coal Train – Hugh Masekela (live)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/coal-train-hugh-masekela-live/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/coal-train-hugh-masekela-live/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/coal-train-h</span><span class="invisible">ugh-masekela-live/</span></a></p><p>“Coal Train (Stimela)” recorded at the “Freedom Beat” festival in June 1986.</p><p>The song, composed by Hugh Masekela in the 70s, speaks about local history and the migrant labour system around mines and reminds everyone that South Africa’s wealth and infrastructure was built on the back of labour from all over Africa. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/apartheid/" rel="tag">#Apartheid</a> <a href="/tags/hughmasekela/" rel="tag">#HughMasekela</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a></p>
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<p>Chakalaka Jazz</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/chakalaka-jazz/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/chakalaka-jazz/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/chakalaka-ja</span><span class="invisible">zz/</span></a></p><p>Chakalaka Jazz (a reference to a local sauce made from tomatoes, onions and peppers) was released in November 2024 on double vinyl, CD and digital, and includes eleven gems released in South Africa between 1969 and 2003. […]</p><p>The Tailfeathers - Tail Feathers<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meu4a30Pp7w" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=meu4a30Pp7w"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=meu4a3</span><span class="invisible">0Pp7w</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/souljazz/" rel="tag">#SoulJazz</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>
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<p>Bokani Dyer – Ke Nako</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/bokani-dyer-ke-nako/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/bokani-dyer-ke-nako/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/bokani-dyer-</span><span class="invisible">ke-nako/</span></a></p><p>Bokani Dyer is a multi-award winning Motswana-South African pianist, composer and producer. Bokani Dyer opens with “Ke Nako” (now’s the time), with an irony, because that was a slogan used to get voters to the polls in the first post-apartheid election. Now, Dyer’s using it to remind us to think again about who we are […]</p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a></p>
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<p>Nanette - Abazali<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIraRPN7t0g" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIraRPN7t0g"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIraRP</span><span class="invisible">N7t0g</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/afropop/" rel="tag">#AfroPop</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/nowplaying/" rel="tag">#NowPlaying</a></p>
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<p>Feya Faku, trumpeter, flugelhorn player, and teacher passed away in Switzerland, yesterday while on tour.</p><p>Impilo<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7DzV1dHpSI" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7DzV1dHpSI"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7DzV1</span><span class="invisible">dHpSI</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a></p>
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<p>Zoë Modiga - Uyakhazimula<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0_ZwC7D7yw" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0_ZwC7D7yw"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0_ZwC</span><span class="invisible">7D7yw</span></a></p><p>More on AMF: <a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/zoe-modiga-lengoma-tubatsi-mpho-moloi/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/zoe-modiga-lengoma-tubatsi-mpho-moloi/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/zoe-modiga-l</span><span class="invisible">engoma-tubatsi-mpho-moloi/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a></p>
<p>Sjava - Gusheshe (live)<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhBXP4PV4gg" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhBXP4PV4gg"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhBXP4</span><span class="invisible">PV4gg</span></a></p><p>From album Inkanyezi 2.0</p><p><a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a></p>
<p>Samthing Soweto x Mzansi Youth Choir - The Danko! Medley - YouTube <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdJ0FcjMGD8" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdJ0FcjMGD8"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdJ0Fc</span><span class="invisible">jMGD8</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#Music</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a></p>
<p>Samthing Soweto - Ama Get Down Feat. Blxckie<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hpHdY0ooCI" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hpHdY0ooCI"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hpHdY</span><span class="invisible">0ooCI</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a></p>
<p>Benjamin Jephta X Kujenga – The Blessing (Live at Artscape)<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=052sHF3U5TA" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=052sHF3U5TA"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=052sHF</span><span class="invisible">3U5TA</span></a></p><p>From "Homecoming Revisited" based on Jephta's first album, released when he was 22, in 2015: <a href="https://benjaminjephta.bandcamp.com/album/homecoming-2" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="benjaminjephta.bandcamp.com/album/homecoming-2"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">benjaminjephta.bandcamp.com/al</span><span class="invisible">bum/homecoming-2</span></a></p><p>Latest album: <a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/benjamin-jephta-quintet-homecoming/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/benjamin-jephta-quintet-homecoming/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/benjamin-jep</span><span class="invisible">hta-quintet-homecoming/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a></p>
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<p>Viwe Mkizwana - Black child<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtu-tMi8w8k" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtu-tMi8w8k"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtu-tM</span><span class="invisible">i8w8k</span></a></p><p>New track "People of the South" for bassist and composer Viwe Mkizwana who assembles some of the sharpest voices in the scene—Bokani Dyer, Marcus Wyatt, and more...<br>Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7kZlZhiFGK51U3XEyRDcOu" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="open.spotify.com/track/7kZlZhiFGK51U3XEyRDcOu"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.spotify.com/track/7kZlZhi</span><span class="invisible">FGK51U3XEyRDcOu</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a></p>
<p>The politics of South African sound</p><p>From <a href="/tags/kwaito/" rel="tag">#Kwaito</a> to <a href="/tags/amapiano/" rel="tag">#Amapiano</a>, South African music is a bridge between past and present, where cultural memory, resistance, and reinvention collide on the dancefloor.</p><p><a href="https://africasacountry.com/2025/03/the-politics-of-south-african-sound" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="africasacountry.com/2025/03/the-politics-of-south-african-sound"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">africasacountry.com/2025/03/th</span><span class="invisible">e-politics-of-south-african-sound</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/africanmusic/" rel="tag">#AfricanMusic</a> <a href="/tags/aiac/" rel="tag">#AIAC</a></p>
<p>Muzi – Stimela SeGolide</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/muzi-stimela-segolide/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/muzi-stimela-segolide/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/muzi-stimela</span><span class="invisible">-segolide/</span></a></p><p>Muziwakhe McVictor Mazibuko, known professionally as Muzi, is a South African DJ, singer, songwriter, and record producer. His EP “Stimela SeGolide” (2019) tells the story of displacement, cheap labor and love under apartheid.</p><p>“Mom used to tell me stories about how her parents had to take trains to JHB to go to em mines. How […]</p><p><a href="/tags/afrohouse/" rel="tag">#AfroHouse</a> <a href="/tags/apartheid/" rel="tag">#Apartheid</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a></p>
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<p>The Mozambican band 340ml is back on stage after almost 15 years.</p><p>They started as a backup band for hiphop acts, before releasing 2 albums, Moving (2003) and Sorry For The Delay (2008).</p><p>Midnight (from album Moving)<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YssYhusEs4I" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=YssYhusEs4I"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=YssYhu</span><span class="invisible">sEs4I</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/mozambique/" rel="tag">#Mozambique</a></p>
<p>Thando Zide - Break<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaYc1bLxPLY" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaYc1bLxPLY"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaYc1b</span><span class="invisible">LxPLY</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/neosoul/" rel="tag">#NeoSoul</a> <a href="/tags/souljazz/" rel="tag">#SoulJazz</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a></p>
<p>Yvonne Chaka Chaka – Umqombothi</p><p><a href="/tags/tgif/" rel="tag">#TGIF</a>! Thank God, It’s Friday!</p><p>“Umqombothi” (the name in Xhosa of a traditional beer) is a famous track by Yvonne Chaka Chaka, from her “Thank You Mr. D.J.” studio album, released in 1987.It was composed by Sello “Chicco” Twala and Attie van Wyk.</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/yvonne-chaka-chaka-umqombothi/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/yvonne-chaka-chaka-umqombothi/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/yvonne-chaka</span><span class="invisible">-chaka-umqombothi/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a></p>
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<p>Petite Noir — La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Beautiful</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/petite-noir-vie-belle-life-beautiful-baloji/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/petite-noir-vie-belle-life-beautiful-baloji/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/petite-noir-</span><span class="invisible">vie-belle-life-beautiful-baloji/</span></a></p><p>Two collaborations between Petite Noir (Yannick Diekeno Ilunga, a South African raised, Belgian born, Congolese singer & songwriter) and Baloji: “La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Beautiful” + “Capture” where both feature on each other songs. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/congo/" rel="tag">#Congo</a> <a href="/tags/punk/" rel="tag">#Punk</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a> <a href="/tags/rap/" rel="tag">#Rap</a></p>
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<p>Thando Hopa, model from Johannesburg</p><p>People living with albinism still face tremendous stigmatization, persecution and even murder in many African countries, including South Africa, due to traditional beliefs. </p><p><a href="https://www.didiermary.fr/thando-hopa-model-albinism/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.didiermary.fr/thando-hopa-model-albinism/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.didiermary.fr/thando-hopa-</span><span class="invisible">model-albinism/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/albinism/" rel="tag">#Albinism</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a></p>
<p>Cassper Nyovest – Ksazobalit</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/cassper-nyovest-ksazobalit/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/cassper-nyovest-ksazobalit/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/cassper-nyov</span><span class="invisible">est-ksazobalit/</span></a></p><p>Ksazobalit (K’Sazobalit) is a song by Cassper Nyovest in 2018, where he imagines “The Day we Take Back Our Land”.</p><p>"The rapper’s tongue-in-cheek video takes inspiration from the memes and tweets about what black South Africans will do with it when land that was stolen from them by colonialists is returned."<br>Okayafrica</p><p><a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/rap/" rel="tag">#Rap</a> <a href="/tags/hiphop/" rel="tag">#HipHop</a></p>
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<p>AfroJazz sélection n°2 : 🇿🇦 <br>(sur mon blog principal)</p><p><a href="https://www.didiermary.fr/jazz-sud-africain-afrojazz/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.didiermary.fr/jazz-sud-africain-afrojazz/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.didiermary.fr/jazz-sud-afr</span><span class="invisible">icain-afrojazz/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a></p>
<p>Sathima Bea Benjamin – Winnie Mandela Beloved Heroine</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/sathima-bea-benjamin-winnie-mandela-beloved-heroine/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/sathima-bea-benjamin-winnie-mandela-beloved-heroine/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/sathima-bea-</span><span class="invisible">benjamin-winnie-mandela-beloved-heroine/</span></a></p><p>About Beloved Heroine in an interview with Carol Ann Muller in Musical Echoes:<br>“I wanted to write this song for Winnie [Mandela], because I absolutely identified with her,” says Benjamin. “I could feel her pain,” Benjamin writes of her subject’s “soft, gentle eyes reflecting those unshed tears”.</p><p>Winnie Nomzamo Madikizela-Mandela<br>26 September 1936 – 2 April 2018</p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/madiba/" rel="tag">#Madiba</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/apartheid/" rel="tag">#Apartheid</a></p>
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<p>Confused Love - Billy Monama<br>Live at Soweto Theatre - 02/2025<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HLvWHBhypE" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HLvWHBhypE"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HLvWH</span><span class="invisible">BhypE</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a></p>
<p>Internet Girl - Treat Him Like A Baby<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4czpckDF20s" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=4czpckDF20s"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=4czpck</span><span class="invisible">DF20s</span></a></p><p>A Cape Town band, mixing electronica, pop-rock & trap.</p><p><a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a></p>
