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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...

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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...

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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...

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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!

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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WATCH: i(m)bali LIVE featuring Spikiri part 1

Oh yeah! This is by far, one of my favourite people to talk to. Spikiri was the May 2019 guest at i(m)bali LIVE and his story was super dope to hear. What was also insightful was how much his presence challenged myself and the audience to communicate effectively. In part...

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