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Lolly Mhlongo – Interview

Wesley Pepper — Tue, 28 May 2019 14:16:27 +0000

Q Could you tell us a bit about Lolly A As salaam aluikum Africa, Lolly Mhlongo is a pan African artist and human rights activist from Pondoland in a small town called Bizana. She has been singing from the age of five performing in schools and weddings where she developed the name as a young [...]

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Philani Amadeus Nyoni (Hewn from Rock) – Artist Interview

Wesley Pepper — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 09:30:26 +0000

Philani is a poet based in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe who recently published his much awaited anthology of poetry titled “Hewn From Rock’. Philani’s poetry is a beautiful stream of consciousness, politics and yes, Love! his art comes from the heart and will definitely find it’s way into yours. Q – The tile “Hewn from Rock ‘ [...]

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Dave Reynolds – Artist interview

Wesley Pepper — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 14:19:38 +0000

Q: I hear you, the digital platform does allow one to reach an extended audience and at the same can meander and get caught up in everyday rhetoric. So tell me, where does the record company fit in all of this? because the artist can both market and distribute his/her own sound through their laptop. [...]

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A view from Union Buildings with Ian Kamau

Phomolo Flex Sekamotho — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:36:32 +0000

26th of July Thursday afternoon, sitting in a lecture hall (absent minded) thinking to myself can’t it be 16:00 already? Time seems to crawl when you’d rather have it fly. Today was the day I would be having a young interview with one of my favourite poet emcee, the man behind ‘Love & other struggles’ [...]

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MAS LAW – Interview

Keenan Bailey — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:49:52 +0000

In this interview I talk to one of the UK’s hottest underground mcees – MAS LAW. A long-time member of Kingz of the Kozmos, a versatile rapper, freestyle artist and also a talented producer. He talks about his debut album I need a BREAK and his plans for spreading his music worldwide. DOWNLOAD THE ALBUM [...]

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Oratile O’Rrah Majoe

Matthew Mokoena — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:01:43 +0000

My skin is of the texture of slowly shattering glass due to my heart that is breathing out. Life sweet thus it is meant to be enjoyed

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Nombongo

Matthew Mokoena — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:47:52 +0000

Nombongo tells the tale of how music chose her: “I think as a kid I’d dreamt of many things, but music was not one of them and considering it a career has been a recent development.” This 24-year-old jazzy soul musician started writing music in 2002 when she was in high school. She moved to [...]

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Taxan Tshabalala

Matthew Mokoena — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:37:05 +0000

Taxan Tshabalala is a South African poet, writer and performance artist. This outspoken young man fuses humour with his intellectual and ambiguous style of writing to deliver powerful messages whilst educating and entertaining. By utilising poetic devices to the upper limit, he is able to give the reader/audience member a brief illustration of his views [...]

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Spokenmind Speaks with Lebo Mashile

Guest — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:59:35 +0000

by AE Ballakisten Listen to Lebo Mashile to get a grounded, sober view of life as a poet and what it takes to succeed. Like any artist of substance, Lebo talks with sincerity, her depth of insight delivered in simple words; she’s not here to impress, she’s here to do what few writers do, to [...]

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The Man On The Ground – Sitting down with Fabian Lojede

Vangile Gantsho — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:44:59 +0000

Jacob’s Cross is one of my favourite series of all time!! My mom used to even joke saying she hoped nothing serious ever happened to anyone I love during the Jacob’s Cross timeslot because she feared that person would have to wait an hour before I would attend to them. She wasn’t too far off [...]

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