Tagged: Johannesburg

Lungu Lungu: South African Pop Models

STORY BY: Benjamin Lebrave

Ghana-based Benjamin Lebrave speaks fluent French and English, and can schmooze in Spanish and Portuguese. He’ll report on new African music every other week. This week, he shares BIG FKN GUN’s “ABC.” I am currently … read more »

POSTED October 3, 2012 3:15PM IN Lungu Lungu Comments (6) TAGS: big fkn gun, bra sol, Durban, Johannesburg, jozi, Kwaito, mandoza, so&so, soulfaktor, South Africa

Ghetto Palms 109: Aidonia / TOK / Jim Screechie Riddim

STORY BY: Eddie "Stats" Houghton
PHOTOGRAPHY: Martei Korley (F65)

I believe from now on this column will just be a laundry-list of news items from Ghettopalmsland, capped off with a scam email. Anything related to Third World music, soundsystem culture, urbanism and global development … read more »

POSTED July 30, 2010 1:00PM IN GHETTO PALMS Comments (4) TAGS: 2010 FIFA world cup, Aidonia, Beenie Man, caribbean, Equinoxx, GHETTO PALMS, Honest Jon's, Jim Screechie riddim, Johannesburg, Max Glazer, Shabba Ranks, Shangaan electro, South Africa, Spragga Benz, Timberlee, TOK

Video: Spoek Mathambo, “Gwababa (Don’t Be Scared)”

STORY BY: Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

We were watching a show on the Mayan Apocalypse on the History Channel yesterday and learned that, if you adhere to December 21, 2012 as the date civilization ends as we know it, you should … read more »