The Jewish Exponent

After Prodding From Elon Musk, ADL Says South African Song Could Be Seen as ‘Call for Violence’

The Anti-Defamation League expressed concern about a South African song calling to “Kill the Boer” after Elon Musk repeatedly prodded the group to speak out — the latest in an ongoing tiff between the ...
The Conversation

South Africa’s struggle songs against apartheid come from a long tradition of resistance

Sisanda Nkoala receives funding from the National Research Foundation and has previously been awarded an AW Mellon-UCT Graduate Scholarship in Rhetoric Struggle songs, also known as protest music or ...
The New York Times

The Voice of South Africa’s First Post-Apartheid Generation

Thandiswa Mazwai has sung of South Africa’s highs and lows since the country became a multiracial democracy 30 years ago. “My calling is to sing the people’s joy, to sing the people’s sadness.” By ...
The New York Times

Millions Danced Joyfully to Her Song. She Drew on Her Pain to Write It.

Nomcebo Zikode, the South African singer of the pandemic hit “Jerusalema” that inspired a global dance challenge, wrote the chorus while battling her own depression. By Lynsey Chutel Reporting from ...