Originating in the black townships of South Africa in the mid-1990s, Kwaito music fuses hip-hop, house music, reggae and melodic African rhythms. Although Kwaito has been labeled by many as African ...

“We just wanted to make good music,” says electronic music producer Jakinda. “When we met, neither of us went into the studio thinking ‘we want to make future kwaito’, but after dropping our EP, ...

Grant Clark goes to Johannesburg to explore the origins of Kwaito music and find out why it has become the voice of urban youth in the new South Africa. When people think of Johannesburg - their first ...

“Amapiano is winning all over the gaff,” Marcus Nasty tells me. “But where it came from – the people who really made it – they don’t get enough of a shout out from us.” “For the sake of fairness, you ...

The annual Mzansi Kwaito and House Music Awards (MKHMA) are set to return for their sixth edition in November and the plan is to have the events live at Sun City's Super Bowl - provided the Covid-19 ...

Kwaito star L’vovo Derrango opens up about the stroke that struck mid-performance, his harrowing recovery, and how he’s back ...

After surviving a stroke that almost claimed his life, Kwaito star L’vovo Derrango intends to use his recovery journey as a ...

Harare — Check this out, take house music slow the tempo and lace the beat with any local language and call that kwaito music. This appears to be the simplest definition of kwaito, the music that ...

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