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<p>Sisonke Xonti – uGaba the Migration</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/sisonke-xonti-ugaba-migration/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/sisonke-xonti-ugaba-migration/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/sisonke-xont</span><span class="invisible">i-ugaba-migration/</span></a></p><p>Saxophonist and composer Sisonke Xonti, winner of South Africa’s 2020 Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Jazz, released “uGaba the Migration” in 2020, that includes a four-part “Migration Suite”, exploring rural and urban identity and the perilous spiritual journey from homeland to the global village.</p><p><a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a></p>

<p>Nduduzo Makhathini, Tiny Desk Concert, August 2025<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWscjSp9B4w" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWscjSp9B4w"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWscjS</span><span class="invisible">p9B4w</span></a></p><p>More on AMF: <a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/nduduzo-makhathini-amathambo-ikhambi/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/nduduzo-makhathini-amathambo-ikhambi/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/nduduzo-makh</span><span class="invisible">athini-amathambo-ikhambi/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a></p>

<p>M00tion - Brii Bass<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9LYxoJjwr8" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9LYxoJjwr8"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9LYxo</span><span class="invisible">Jjwr8</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/amapiano/" rel="tag">#Amapiano</a> <a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a></p>

<p>Nakhane - Killer &#x27;25<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_3231Y795g" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_3231Y795g"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_3231</span><span class="invisible">Y795g</span></a></p><p>More music: <a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/?s=nakhane" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>amf.didiermary.fr/?s=nakhane</a></p><p><a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a></p>

<p>Kabza De Small - Siyabonga Feat. featuring Nontokozo Mkhize and Mthunzi<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lITUMwq2Cc" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lITUMwq2Cc"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lITUM</span><span class="invisible">wq2Cc</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a></p>

<p>Samson Mthombeni &amp; Gazankulu Girls – Miyela N’whanyana</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/samson-mthombeni-gazankulu-girls/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/samson-mthombeni-gazankulu-girls/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/samson-mthom</span><span class="invisible">beni-gazankulu-girls/</span></a></p><p>Samson Mthombeni is a legend of Shangaan (Tsonga or Xitsonga) traditional music. Mthombeni passed away at the age of 75, in 2020.</p><p><a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>RIP Ismail Mohamed-Jan, aka Pops Mohamed (December 10, 1949 - December 4, 2025), was a South African multi-instrumentalist, jazz musician and producer.</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/pops-mohamed-election-day-serenade/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/pops-mohamed-election-day-serenade/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/pops-mohamed</span><span class="invisible">-election-day-serenade/</span></a></p><p>Pops Mohamed had started his musical journey at Dorkay House, where he studied guitar and was able to hear the rehearsals of jazz legends such as saxophonist Kippie Moeketsi. Later, it became one of his meeting and rehearsal spaces. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/90smusic/" rel="tag">#90smusic</a> <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/blaugust/" rel="tag">#Blaugust</a> <a href="/tags/blaugust2025/" rel="tag">#Blaugust2025</a></p>

<p>Jinji Boolin - Umdali Feat. Ovuyonke<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgJszOZzQMA" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgJszOZzQMA"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgJszO</span><span class="invisible">ZzQMA</span></a></p><p>&quot;Umdali&quot; means &quot;Creator.&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/folk/" rel="tag">#Folk</a> <a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a></p>

<p>Black Disco – Night Express</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/black-disco-night-express/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/black-disco-night-express/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/black-disco-</span><span class="invisible">night-express/</span></a></p><p>2 albums with Pops Mohamed (Organ – Electric Piano) [RIP], Basil Coetzee (Flute, Tenor Sax), and Sipho Gumede (Bass), in two different styles with Black Disco and Movement in the City.</p><p>As the 1970s were drawing to a close, the epic Black Disco studio project with its signature pairing of drum machine and organ had run […]</p><p><a href="/tags/apartheid/" rel="tag">#Apartheid</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/blaugust/" rel="tag">#Blaugust</a> <a href="/tags/blaugust2025/" rel="tag">#Blaugust2025</a></p>

<p>The Indestructible Beat of Soweto</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/indestructible-beat-soweto/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/indestructible-beat-soweto/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/indestructib</span><span class="invisible">le-beat-soweto/</span></a></p><p>The Indestructible Beat of Soweto is a compilation album released in 1985, featuring twelve tracks by artists from South Africa. The sleeve notes state that all songs are in the mbaqanga style, a guitar-based style popular at the time in the townships of Johannesburg and Durban, but the tracks actually cover four different styles, […]</p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/mbaqanga/" rel="tag">#Mbaqanga</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/blaugust/" rel="tag">#Blaugust</a></p>

<p>Solomon Linda &amp; the Evening Birds – Mbube</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/solomon-linda-evening-birds-mbube-lion-king/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/solomon-linda-evening-birds-mbube-lion-king/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/solomon-lind</span><span class="invisible">a-evening-birds-mbube-lion-king/</span></a></p><p>One of Disney’s most popular songs, “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” is a cover of the late South African performer Solomon Ntsele (Linda)‘s song “Mbube”.</p><p>Here’s the Zulu-language original by the South African performer Linda with his musical group the Evening Birds. After discovering the family of Solomon Linda, [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/cover/" rel="tag">#Cover</a> <a href="/tags/documentary/" rel="tag">#Documentary</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Jazz​/​The African Sound</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/jazz-african-sound-chris-mcgregor/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/jazz-african-sound-chris-mcgregor/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/jazz-african</span><span class="invisible">-sound-chris-mcgregor/</span></a></p><p>“Jazz​/​The African Sound” by Chris McGregor &amp; The Castle Lager Big Band, one of the most important African records of all time, a lost global Jazz classic, and a true holy grail for collectors of Jazz and WorldJazz.</p><p>Post also includes Archie Shepp live in Stuttgart, with Brotherhood of Breath.</p><p><a href="/tags/60smusic/" rel="tag">#60smusic</a> <a href="/tags/apartheid/" rel="tag">#Apartheid</a> <a href="/tags/brassband/" rel="tag">#BrassBand</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/blaugust/" rel="tag">#Blaugust</a></p>

<p>Emmanuel Jal – Chaak</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/emmanuel-jal-chaak-bun-xapa/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/emmanuel-jal-chaak-bun-xapa/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/emmanuel-jal</span><span class="invisible">-chaak-bun-xapa/</span></a></p><p>“Chaak” is a collaboration between South Sudanese artist Emmanuel Jal and South African producer and DJ, Bun Xapa. Emmanuel Jal is a former child soldier, turned international recording artist, activist and philanthropist. Bun Xapa comes from a rural township and broke through into the AfroHouse scene in 2023.</p><p>“Chaak” which means ‘Milk’ in Emmanuel’s mother tongue […]</p><p><a href="/tags/afrohouse/" rel="tag">#AfroHouse</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/sudan/" rel="tag">#Sudan</a> <a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a> <a href="/tags/blaugust/" rel="tag">#Blaugust</a></p>

<p>Dollar Brand – Zimbabwe</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/dollar-brand-zimbabwe-abdullah-ibrahim/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/dollar-brand-zimbabwe-abdullah-ibrahim/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/dollar-brand</span><span class="invisible">-zimbabwe-abdullah-ibrahim/</span></a></p><p>“Zimbabwe” is the name of a composition, on the album of the same name, released by Dollar Brand / Abdullah Ibrahim for Enja Records in 1983.</p><p>The track also appears in a shorter live version on “South Africa”, a 25th Anniversary Series album for the Enja Heritage Collection (first released in 1986), that is described […]</p><p><a href="/tags/abdullahibrahim/" rel="tag">#AbdullahIbrahim</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/blaugust/" rel="tag">#Blaugust</a></p>

<p>Vuma Levin – Antique Spoons</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/vuma-levin-antique-spoons/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/vuma-levin-antique-spoons/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/vuma-levin-a</span><span class="invisible">ntique-spoons/</span></a></p><p>Promising South African guitarist and composer Vuma Levin mixes styles from his home country with Jazz, Pop and Electronics. “Antique Spoons: Chapters on Love, Loss and The Politics of Memory”, his 4th album, was released in 2020.</p><p>Born a South African and raised during the unstable interregnum years of Post-Apartheid South Africa, Guitarist Vuma Ian […]</p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>

<p>Bokani Dyer – Radio Sechaba</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/bokani-dyer-radio-sechaba/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/bokani-dyer-radio-sechaba/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/bokani-dyer-</span><span class="invisible">radio-sechaba/</span></a></p><p>A multi award-winning and established artist, with a growing global reputation, Bokani Dyer’s record “Radio Sechaba” provides an intimate view into South Africa’s multifaceted people – and an opportunity for global connection through music. The album continues Dyer’s creative journey of making rich and immersive music which places him amongst the new wave of South […]</p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>

<p>Jonas Gwangwa – Morwa (live)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/jonas-gwangwa-morwa-live/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/jonas-gwangwa-morwa-live/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/jonas-gwangw</span><span class="invisible">a-morwa-live/</span></a></p><p>Trombonist, composer and cultural activist Jonas Mosa Gwangwa, who was born on 19 October 1937 in Orlando East, Johannesburg, died on 23 January 2021 in Johannesburg aged 83. A mainstream player, producer and composer of SouthAfrican Jazz, Jonas Gwangwa chose to lead the Amandla Cultural Ensemble of the African National Congress (ANC) for 10 years […]</p><p><a href="/tags/apartheid/" rel="tag">#Apartheid</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>

<p>Blue Note Africa</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/blue-note-africa/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/blue-note-africa/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/blue-note-af</span><span class="invisible">rica/</span></a></p><p>In 2022, the legendary jazz label Blue Note Records and UMG Africa launched a new brand to promote African Jazz outside of the continent.</p><p>The first release, in January 2023, was an album by South African pianist and composer Nduduzo Makhathini “In The Spirit Of Ntu.” […]</p><p><a href="/tags/epk/" rel="tag">#EPK</a> <a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/piano/" rel="tag">#Piano</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a></p>

<p>Tony Allen &amp; Hugh Masekela – Rejoice</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/rejoice-tony-allen-hugh-masekela/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/rejoice-tony-allen-hugh-masekela/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/rejoice-tony</span><span class="invisible">-allen-hugh-masekela/</span></a></p><p>When Tony Allen &amp; Hugh Masekela met in the 70s, during Apartheid, they talked about recording together. They had to wait till 2010 to work together in the UK, but the sessions were unfortunately archived.</p><p>Finally, Rejoice has been released. After Masekela passed away in 2018, [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/hughmasekela/" rel="tag">#HughMasekela</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/remixed/" rel="tag">#Remixed</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/tonyallen/" rel="tag">#TonyAllen</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#Afrobeat</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>

<p>The GQOM Trilogy</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/gqom-trilogy/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/gqom-trilogy/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/gqom-trilogy</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a></p><p>Highlighting the continuing evolution of Durban’s globally influential GQOM sound, this special trilogy of releases showcases three separate artists from South Africa’s fertile musical landscape.</p><p>The set captures a fresh wave of gqom innovation from DJ Scriby // DJ MaRiiO // DJ Skothan. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/afrohouse/" rel="tag">#AfroHouse</a> <a href="/tags/gqom/" rel="tag">#GQOM</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a></p>

<p>Letta MBulu – What Is Wrong With Groovin’?</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/letta-mbulu-what-wrong-groovin/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/letta-mbulu-what-wrong-groovin/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/letta-mbulu-</span><span class="invisible">what-wrong-groovin/</span></a></p><p>Letta MBulu’s “What Is Wrong With Groovin’?” is a single released in 1967 and written by Hugh Masekela.</p><p>Letta is a South African jazz singer who left the country in 1964 to escape apartheid, with her husband Caiphus Semenya.They left South Africa for Los Angeles and worked with many (Jazz) musicians &amp; composers […]</p><p><a href="/tags/hughmasekela/" rel="tag">#HughMasekela</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a> <a href="/tags/60smusic/" rel="tag">#60sMusic</a></p>

<p>Abdullah Ibrahim – Water From An Ancient Well</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/abdullah-ibrahim-water-ancient-well/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/abdullah-ibrahim-water-ancient-well/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/abdullah-ibr</span><span class="invisible">ahim-water-ancient-well/</span></a></p><p>“Water From An Ancient Well” features the pianist/composer with a very strong septet. Such superior musicians as tenor saxophonist Ricky Ford, altoist Carlos Ward, baritonist Charles Davis, and trombonist Dick Griffin are heard at their most creative and emotional on these eight Ibrahim originals. [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/abdullahibrahim/" rel="tag">#AbdullahIbrahim</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/madiba/" rel="tag">#Madiba</a> <a href="/tags/piano/" rel="tag">#Piano</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>

<p>Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Yinhle Lentombi</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/ladysmith-black-mambazo-yinhle-lentombi/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/ladysmith-black-mambazo-yinhle-lentombi/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/ladysmith-bl</span><span class="invisible">ack-mambazo-yinhle-lentombi/</span></a></p><p>Yinhle Lentombi translates to “This Lady Is Beautiful” and comes from their 6th studio album Shintsha Sithothobala which was released in 1975. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>&quot;One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.&quot;</p><p>Via Mzilikazi wa Afrika</p><p><a href="/tags/goodmusic/" rel="tag">#GoodMusic</a> <a href="/tags/mastomusic/" rel="tag">#MastoMusic</a> <a href="/tags/guitar/" rel="tag">#Guitar</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a></p>