DOCUMENTARY: “Real Scenes: Johannesburg”
Incredible must-watch film that documents the thriving house music industry in South Africa, that also highlights the identity behind the South African house music genre, kwaito and how Apartheid greatly impacted the musical culture of these scenes, featuring the likes of Oskido, Black Coffee and Black Motion.
Thanks to Couch Zambane from SATVAds for the recommendation.
The more you know…
(via ourafrica)
This is Thandi Sibisi. She is the 25-year-old daughter of South African cattle farmers. At some point she realized that in an African nation, paradoxically African art and artists were grossly under-represented by South African art market. So, she just opened her own art gallery, and in the process, became the first black woman to own an art gallery in South Africa.
That’s beautiful. That’s fly. That’s beautifully fly.
Original story from Fader; hat tip to Live Unchained for bringing it to my attention.
Get familiar…
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Bam…
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This is Africa, our Africa
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StyleBlazer TV Exclusive: South African Singer/Songwriter LIRA Talks Her Identity As A Musician & Fan Of Fashion
That African flair is alive and well….
The Swenkas are a small group of Zulu working-class men in South Africa who gather on weekends for something that’s part fashion show, part choreography, and part competition. As with many subcultures, they also have their own moral codes, which are expressed through the way they dress.
In 2004, a documentary film called The Swenkas was made about the group. You can watch the first few minutes of it here. Above is a shorter documentary by Al Jazeera.
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Get familiar….this is a digital museum of all things Mandela.
Old school love…
There are few landscapes in the world as beautiful as South Africa’s….
