TKZee – Magesh

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TKZee is a South African Kwaito music group formed in the 1990s by three school friends, Tokollo ‘Magesh’ Tshabalala (RIP), Kabelo Mabalane, and Zwai Bala.TKZee is one of the pioneering groups of Kwaito, Mapantsula and electronic music in South Africa.

The group shot to prominence in late 1997 with their singles “Palafala” and “Shibobo.” […]

#Kwaito #SouthAfrica #Electro #Rap #HipHop

Mandoza – Nkalakatha

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Kwaito star Mandoza, aka MDZ, born Mduduzi Tshabalala, died in 2016 at the age of 38. One of the most notable Kwaito artists, with 10+ studio albums, many of his singles turned hits and he received multiple awards.

“Nkalakatha,” on Mandoza’s eponym second album, was at the time an anthem for all South Africans. It […]

#AfroHouse #Kwaito #SouthAfrica #Electro #Rap #HipHop

JE Movement – Ma Dea Luv

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Before Kwaito, in 1988, JE Movement released Ma Dea Luv, the first album of the duo formed by James Nyingwa et Elliot Faku. It’s dance music, a mix of Soul, R&B, Funk and Hip-hop. The eponym track is considered a wordplay on Mandela, who was imprisoned at the time.

Toward the end of the 1980s […]

#80smusic #Apartheid #Kwaito #SouthAfrica #HipHop #Funk #RnB

JE Movement - Ma Dea Luv - African Music Forum

JE Movement - Ma Dea Luv - Dance music, a mix of Soul, R&B, Funk and Hip-hop, released in 1988, before Kwaito.

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Saturday Fever – Jivaro

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Groupe sud-africain de musique disco et bubblegum, les quatre membres de Jivaro ont été actifs à la fin des années 1980. “Saturday Fever” est sorti en 1989.

"One of – if not the – strongest South African kwaito/bubblegum albums in existence, Jivaro’s 1989 masterpiece 'Saturday Fever,' the album features various heavy hitting tracks that perfectly […]

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Saturday Fever - Jivaro - African Music Forum

Groupe sud-africain de musique disco et bubblegum, Jivaro a été actif à la fin des années 1980. "Saturday Fever" est sorti en 1989.

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Still time to discover GQOM!

https://amf.didiermary.fr/faka-south-africa-gqom/

If you loved Kwaito, GQOM is its sibling: ghetto house music meets Kuduro and more, with style.

FAKA “is a South African performance art duo, founded by Desire Marea and Fela Gucci, dealing with issues of the black queer body.”

#AfroHouse #GQOM #Kwaito #LGBTQ #Soundcloud #SouthAfrica #Electro

Still time to discover GQOM! - African Music Forum

Still time to discover GQOM! - "ghetto house music meets Kuduro and more, with style." FAKA "is a South African performance art duo."

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Shangaan goes global…

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South Africa has been for many years at the forefront of tradi-modern music, mixing ancient music styles and electro, House music mainly (e.g. Kwaito).

From traditional Shangaan music was born Shangaan Electro with producers like Nozinja, seen in this short documentary…
A dance movement and musical style born from [...]

#Documentary #Kwaito #ShangaanElectro #SouthAfrica #Electro

Shangaan goes global... - African Music Forum

Shangaan goes global... - From traditional music was born Shangaan Electro as seen in this short documentary...

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Classic Kwaito mixed - African Music Forum

Classic Kwaito mixed - 32 tracks in KWAITO EDITION III ( classic ) mixed by Club Banga - Graphic design: strumandesigns

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A quick selection of Brenda Fassie songs.

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In 1983, Brenda Fassie formed “Brenda and the Big Dudes” (with Blondie and Pappa Makhene), and that same year she had a breakthrough hit with “Weekend Special,” singing in the disco-flavored “bubblegum” [...]

#80smusic #90smusic #Disco #Documentary #Kwaito #LiveMusic #SouthAfrica #OldAfricanMusic

Brenda Fassie songs - African Music Forum

Brenda Fassie songs - A quick selection of her best or well-known tracks as well as a short documentary on her life in South Africa.

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DJ Dadaman & Moscow Dollar – Ka Gaza (Nyege Nyege Tapes LP/DL) https://nyegenyegetapes.bandcamp.com/album/ka-gaza #newrelease #BacardiMusic #Kwaito #Amapiano #dancefloor – In order to contexutalise this album with music from the early 2000s in South Africa, Thembi Ngubo’s 2025 article “The politics of South African sound” published on the excellent Africa is a Country-blog is highly recommended. https://africasacountry.com/2025/03/the-politics-of-south-african-sound #SouthAfrica #AfricanMusic #AIAC
Ka Gaza, by DJ Dadaman & Moscow Dollar

6 track album

Nyege Nyege Tapes

The politics of South African sound

From #Kwaito to #Amapiano, South African music is a bridge between past and present, where cultural memory, resistance, and reinvention collide on the dancefloor.

https://africasacountry.com/2025/03/the-politics-of-south-african-sound

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The politics of South African sound

From kwaito to amapiano, South African music is a bridge between past and present, where cultural memory, resistance, and reinvention collide on the dancefloor.