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A stage, a graveyard, a place of mourning. Image: John Hogg
GREGORY MAQOMA

The endless darkness of mourning: ‘Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Boléro’ returns

A tour de force of 20 dancers from Gregory Maqoma’s Vuyani Dance Company, and 18 singers as fellow mourners, Cion unpacks the centuries of incessant mourning by black people

  • Vus'umuzi Phakathi
6 min read
Naftali plays the chord harmonica in Kangala, near Pretoria, where he spent part of his youth. (Paul Botes/M&G)
BONOLO NKOANE
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The Portfolio: Naftali

Naftali has just released his debut single, ‘Kea Shwa’. He tells us a bit about his music-making journey.

  • Naftali
3 min read