The music of the mountains – which is ‘music of the day before yesterday, for a people of the day after tomorrow’ is a thrust of this Naga ya Fsa series of performances. Because as black artists who create, free within our minds, free within our heads, to free the land and acknowledge that we plan to make it more human between now and the day after tomorrow.

I am Azania land of black folks/ Grain grown when stones were/ still as soft as butter./ I am Azania land of Zenji/ Truth made redundant/ by the tyrant´s gang

“Jazz musicians and their audiences are feeling the decline of Jo’burg City’s iconic jazz circuit and it is imperative to create new spaces where artists can let their riffs run wild and audiences can revel in the sound.

The compelling double bill comprising Florence and Wine in the Wilderness, make their South African premiere at the Baxter and they have been carefully chosen to pay tribute to the evolving black woman who should not be defined by a single, limited image or narrative.

Having already released two seven-track Eps, Ndim Nawe and Ndim Nani, the husky voiced Zu. is back to mark Women’s Month, with the release of a music video for Allow, a single off Ndim Nawe, which was released in May. Its release is the build-up to the soon-to-be launched EP, Ndim noMculo which concludes the trilogy and will be launched later this month.

Her death and grave came to be known, when her killer asked for amnesty for her brutal murder. Her killers testified before the TRC that she was repeatedly beaten and kept naked for 10 days, until she made herself a pair of panties using a plastic bag. When they realized they weren't going to get the Commander to betray her comrades, her killers blindfolded her, took her to a veld and shot her in the skull.

Upon moving into the main networking stage, an introduction behind the conception of These Dam Blacks as a space was given by one of the founders, which in short, can probably be best summarized as a business, social, and cultural network centered on reimagining and building new futures for blacks in a world otherwise formed against them.

Africa is home to many legendary folk tales that have laid foundation to many cultural teachings. Even though these folk stories differ from each culture, there’s always a common thread that is similar and relatable. Through Tshepang’s new EP, audience are reintroduced to authentic folk stories told his in native language SEŠATE (Sepedi).