On: Solo’s The Dreamer’s ABCs
A square clock is suspended from the ceiling. The short hand is placed on the eight and the long one waves past two. Below the clock, and on the floor, a banner with the Soweto Theatre and Joburg Theatre logos stands tall behind a close-together band set-up including keys, MPC table and a mic stand. […]
#imbaliLIVE featuring Thandiswa
Our new season is finallyyyy almost upon us! The third season of i(m)bali LIVE kicks off on Saturday 7 September. Our awesome guest is Thandiswa. I’m super excited to talk to her about her journey but I’m also very excited to hear what questions you have for her. It’s always been a communal experience and […]
Goodbye, Michael, Hello…new fan?
Full disclosure: I’ve never cared about The Office. Not the British version. Not the American version. I don’t know if I care right now but I will say this: I’m blindsided. I never espededit. Rewind. My Dude loves The Office. The American version. On a whim a couple of weeks ago, he decided to watch […]
What it’s like to be in a doccie
When MTV Base commissioned an African version of Yo! MTV Raps, I was asked to appear on one of the episodes. It was nice. It was a panel discussion about the relationship between kwaito and hip hop. Shortly after that, I was asked to appear in the documentary that accompanied the series. It was about […]
Catch up on #imbaliLIVE
Ahead of our new season premiere – which sees Thandiswa share her music journey with us on 7 September 2019 – you might want to check out the last two seasons of i(m)bali LIVE. You can listen to season 1 on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. You can watch season 2 on my YouTube channel. […]
Lyor Cohen learns how to zanku in Lagos
Do you know how to zanku? It was cute to watch Lyor Cohen attempt to. Enjoy your day!
Nadia strips down to bare her soul
I was feeling super under the weather yesterday. Definitely was not trying to go anywhere. Then my Dude encouraged me to go to Nadia Nakai’s launch of her debut album, Nadia Nakai. Below is a little snippet of how it looked and sounded. You know how I loved the Bragga EP and Nadia’s singles following […]
Can you make Africa future proof?
This year marks the third year that the SingularityU South Africa Summit will be held. I will be the first to admit that I had no idea what to expect when I rolled through to the media launch at the fancy Marble restaurant in Rosebank. The theme for this year is: Future Proof Africa. Mic […]
A Superstar is born
Sho Madjozi used the word “superstar” twice in her acceptance speech. The musician took home the Best New International Act award at the 2019 BET Awards, which took place in Los Angeles this week. Much has already been said about this win so I won’t bore you with my opinion. All I do want to […]
A weird but true story
“Aunty H! What is an exhibition?” No sooner has one tiny mouth asked me this question, another asks and then, not to be left out, the littlest mouth also asks me. “Aunty H! What is an exhibition?” I’m at Sci-Bono in Newtown with one of my oldest friends, her daughter and son as well as […]