Saturday 30 March 2013

Boiled water


Kwaito's first single became a hit in South Africa. Let's abbreviate South Africa for SA, shall we now children? It's just easier.

"Kaffir" by Arthur Mafokate was the first hit. As all of you know, this was the most insulting and derogatory term an African person could be called during the Apartheid regime. This song illustrated freedom of expression resulting from the political liberation in South Africa.

The arrival of house music in Cape Town in the early 1990s spread to Johannesburg which made it really popular in clubs like 4th World. Local artists fused its sound with that of SA music.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBB7C1E3F14C3FAD6

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