KADOR is celebrating the history of kwaito with his debut single, titled Kwaito eKae. Kador, real name Patrick Mano, grew up in North West, in the small town of Delareyville. During his formative ...

Kwaito artist dedicates his album to the genre. Photo: Supplied Nkosinathi Nkosi, popularly known as Smega Nathi has dedicated a tribute album to kwaito. Released in February, the album draws instant ...

Reviewed by Diane Thram in African music (Grahamstown, South Africa) 10 (3) 2017, pages 164-166 (ML5.A25 AFA). AFA copy Purchased from the Warren M. Robbins Library Endowment. "In mid-1990s South ...

After more than a decade away from the spotlight, Namibian kwaito artist Sedekia Nakaambo, known as Dollar 6, says he is ready to return to music - if given the support he believes has been ...

When Kwaito burst onto the South African music scene in the early 1990s, the infectious mix of chanted lyrics, slowed-down house beats and bass-heavy African percussion quickly became the soundtrack ...

South African kwaito pioneers TKZee are set for next weekend’s second homecoming to Nairobi, almost a decade later, writes PETER NDORIA Pioneer kwaito music group, TKZee, are set to visit the country ...

According to a report by City Press on Sunday, kwaito artists are accusing the popular SABC station of sidelining their music. Sibusiso Ntshangase, the creator of Amaloya, has complained that Metro FM ...

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A few songs into her set, Sho Madjozi asks her performance deejay to “just throw a beat and I’ll see what I can do.” When the beat, a hard-hitting gqom instrumental, is eventually given to her, she ...