This is one of my favorite South African songs of all time. I have never been able to define what jazz is, so this may not even be “jazz,” but here we are. What this is, is Malombo music.

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Nigeria's global star Burna Boy (center) is nominated in Grammy's new category "best African music performance." Nominees are from Nigeria, South Africa and Benin.

“The music played a big role back in the day when we were oppressed,” Mrubata said. “Now we encourage people to keep up the faith. Some of us are not happy with how things are.