Main content
The Sound of Soweto - Part One
Poet Thabiso Mohare explores the role of music as defiance in Soweto, South Africa's oldest township.
Johannesburg-based poet Thabiso Mohare looks at the musical heritage of Sophiatown, and talks to Sowetan musicians including Sibongele Khumalo and Jonas Gwangwa, about the intersection in their lives of music and politics, and their memories of streets filled with a rich mix of sounds from gramophones and radios to church choirs, workers choirs, and bands playing music from jazz, mbaqanga and soul to rock.
Featured in...
Amazing long listens from 2017—The Documentary
A global sweep of some of the most powerful stories from the year
Podcast
-
The Documentary Podcast
A window into our world. Investigating and reporting true stories from everywhere