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On the band’sreturn from a three-month tour of then-Rhodesia, the band’s stage wear became dashikis and Afros. Harari became a band name that, in Sipho Mabuse’s words, they could better relate to “as Africans”. (Image courtesy of the As-Shams archive)
HARARI

Harari: a union of music, defiant politics and African pride

Two pivotal Harari re-releases shine new light on the Soweto Soul movement. Gwen Ansell writes about the ‘Rufaro/ Happiness album’

  • Gwen Ansell
10 min read