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Tšeliso Monaheng

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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Tšeliso Monaheng

    The Best Afro-House Songs Right Now (opens the original)

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    We highlight top electronic music tracks from Southern Africa, featuring Zakes Bantwini, ELEMENT EleeeH, Fireboy DML, and more. This month, we usher in the blazing heat of Afro with a selection of names from across the continent. Falz gives us a 3 Step interpretation of his song, “Na Je,” Fireboy DML links up with Thukuthela and JAZZWRLD, and !Sooks and Sarnilo birth supremacy in front of our very ears. These are the best Afro-house songs right now. OkayAfrica has scoured the Internet for today’

  2. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Tšeliso Monaheng

    The Best Amapiano Songs Right Now (opens the original)

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    Amapiano is still setting the pace in 2026. New albums from Baby S.O.N and Djy Vino have made for a particularly exciting end to September drops. It’s September, and Kabza De Small’s next album, Tutu, has been pushed back once again. The streets are not happy, as can be expected, but the masses should never question the process. And, as this month’s list demonstrates, Kabza stays being featured on other people’s songs, proof that his staying power extends beyond how many albums he gives us. Ther

  3. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Tšeliso Monaheng

    The Enduring Legacy of Judith Sephuma’s ‘A Cry, A Smile, A Dance’ (opens the original)

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    A quarter-century after A Cry, A Smile, A Dance changed the course of her life, Judith Sephuma reflects on evolution and the generation of artists that followed. Twenty-five years ago, Judith Sephuma wrote herself into the history of South African jazz, placing herself within a lineage written in song, struggle, liberation, and the endless quest to become greater versions of ourselves. Her debut album, A Cry, A Smile, A Dance, ushered in a new generation of musicians, with one foot planted in th

  4. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Tšeliso Monaheng

    South African Musicians Are Reclaiming the '80s — No AI Required (opens the original)

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    New releases like Jesse Clegg & Msaki’s Entropy and Umzulu Phaqa’s Volume 1 are inspired by the excess of 1980s pop music. A trend is currently circulating across social media, most visibly on X and Instagram, where people post bright, colorful AI-generated images of themselves inspired by the ‘80s. The poses and settings vary: a man in his living room wearing a brown two-piece suit, surrounded by the markers of an upwardly mobile Black South African family; or a woman posing casually in her bed

  5. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Tšeliso Monaheng

    The African Songs You Need to Hear This Week (opens the original)

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    Stream the best African music this week, including new releases from Yemi Alade, Rema, Lusanda, Kwesi Arthur and more. Every week, OkayAfrica highlights the top African music releases — including the latest Afrobeats and amapiano hits — in our best music column, African Music You Need to Hear This Week. Read ahead for our round-up of the best new African music tracks and music videos that came across our desks this week. OkayAfrica has scoured the Internet for today’s major news stories, so you

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