Music
Boom Shaka and Lebo Mathosa: the kwaito group that shocked and thrilled 1990s South Africa
Boom Shaka, formed in the early 1990s, was one of kwaito's pioneering groups. Its lead singer, Lebo Mathosa,…
Boom Shaka
Arts + Culture
Kwaito was the sound of freedom in 1990s Soweto: slowed-down house, township slang and swagger
Kwaito emerged in the townships of Johannesburg in the early 1990s, as apartheid ended. Built on slowed-down house…