A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond: Eleven-year-old Ghanaian spelling whizz ...

LIBONGA uxhaso eliluthole kuThulani Shabalala ongenye yamadodana enkakha emculweni wesicathamiya uSolwazi Joseph Shabalala, ...

Nezicishamlilo kuthiwa zifike emuva kwendaba. Lezi zinsizwa ezishonile nguPhumlani "Ngalabesi" Ntombela waseMahlaba eMsinga, oyilungu laleli qembu likamasikandi aphinde acule isicathamiya neHlanganani ...

Isicathamiya, Afro-pop, and various folk music styles. With regional auditions in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape, and KwaZulu-Natal, as well as the opportunity for online submissions from ...

But Ladysmith Black Mambazo comes darn close. The style of their Zulu male-voice choral a capella is redolent with history; isicathamiya started as ‘tip-toe’ songs sung by mine workers wary of ...

Members of a South African Isicathamiya group sing their hearts out on stage during a showcase in Durban on Saturday. Isicathamiya is a distinctive, a capella chorus style said to originate from ...

RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP / GETTY IMAGES Members of a South African Isicathamiya group sing their hearts out during a showcase in Durban on Saturday. Isicathamiya is a distinctive, a capella chorus ...

Members of a traditional Isicathamiya group pose for a photo outside the Natal Playhouse Theatre during an Isicathamiya concert in Durban, South Africa, on Saturday. The concert includes several ...

The emergence of music forms and dance cultures like Kwela, Marabi, Cothoza Mfana, Mbube, Isicathamiya, The Sax Jive and many others were a direct result of the political ambience of their times.

He recognised the importance of musicians as cultural ambassadors and lent his support to the growth of various genres of music such as maskandi, isicathamiya, mbaqanga and choral music. He believed ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond: Tears and heartbreak over tragic story of South African girl sold by her mother Remembering Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o - a ...