Businessman China Mpololo will host the Xhosa Music Awards in celebration of 30 years of democracy. The awards ceremony is scheduled to take place on July 27 at Artscape in Cape Town with nine ...

When South African trumpet virtuoso Lwanda Gogwana released his second album Uhadi Synth (Lwanda Gogwana Music Group, 2016) last year, he reinforced his position not only as one of South Africa's ...

Dr Latozi Madosini Mpahleni, one of the last practising guardians of traditional Xhosa cultural music, has died. The 79-year-old died after a lengthy illness. A statement from her her family reads as ...

She's hard to miss. With her green hair and afro-centric dress sense, she's bound to stand out in any crowd. Musician Thandeka Mfinyongo is proud of her roots. She grew up in Nyanga East, Cape Town ...

Featuring music by acts performing at this year's Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music, including Xhosa Cole, Archipelago, Neil Charles, and the John Pope Quintet. Playlist Olivia Moore and ...

The iconic South African Xhosa bow performer was born on 25 December 1943 (though she herself was uncertain of the precise date) in a village called Mqhekezweni near Mthatha in the Eastern Cape ...

Meet Sosoboy Fosho, the East London rising star blending Hip-hop, R&B, and Afropop into a bold new sound he calls Afro-Trap. From isiXhosa storytelling in “Mine” to his Pink Roses EP, Sosoboy brings ...

As was with Xhosa prophet, evangelist and hymn writer Ntsikana and journalist John Knox Bokwe before him, Benjamin Tyamzashe’s journey coincides with his African ancestry and culture, together with ...

Plainly dressed and sitting in the Wimpy, Madosini Mpahleni doesn’t seem queenly. But Mamdos, as she is affectionately known, is the “Queen of Xhosa music”, for fans locally and abroad. She will be ...

Mthwakazi and Luyolo Lenga will perform an hour-long programme of Xhopera, Xhosa funk, indigenous bow music at the Alexander Bar, Café and Theatre this February. The evening will feature music written ...

The young composer Litha Jali decided to honour his late mother by writing the first requiem in isiXhosa. It is a bold choice that introduces a new chapter to a musical history dating back centuries.

Fresh Finds is Teen Vogue's franchise dedicated to highlighting the badass female artists, musicians, and filmmakers you need to know. Over the past few years Brooklyn-based artist XHOSA has been ...