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The National Afrikaans Literary Museum and Research Centre (Afrikaans: Nasionale Afrikaanse Letterkundige Museum en Navorsingsentrum, NALN) is a central archive for material and information on the history, development, and scope of literature, music, and drama in the Afrikaans language.
Poppie Nongena is a 2019 South African biographical drama film written and directed by award-winning director Christiaan Olwagen. [1] The film is based on a biographical novel Die swerfjare van Poppie Nongena (The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena) by Elsa Joubert which is also considered as one of the finest African novels of the twentieth century. [2]
Bosman di Ravelli (born Jan Gysbert Hugo Bosman; February 24, 1882 – May 20, 1967) was a South African concert pianist, composer, and writer. He was known for his contributions to South African music, particularly the Afrikaans art song, and for his performances across Europe in the early 20th century.
The South African Music Encyclopedia (Suid-Afrikaanse Musiekensiklopedie, or SAME) is an encyclopedia of South(ern) African musicians and music. Its four volumes were published in 1979, [ 1 ] 1982, [ 2 ] 1984, [ 3 ] and 1986 [ 4 ] under the editorship of Afrikaans music scholar Jacques Philip Malan in both English and Afrikaans.
Boeremusiek is a genre steeped in the history of Afrikaner identity and politics, but it also reflects the complex intersections of race, class, and culture in South African music. Its evolution from a hybrid form of folk music to a symbol of white Afrikaner nationalism complicates simple narratives about its origins and meanings.
Straatligkinders was formed in August 2006. Close to their first gig, they recorded four songs and in December 2006 a music video. The video to “Die Beskermer” was then recorded in a factory in Potchefstroom and aired on MK89 in January 2007. The band launched their EP launch in Potchefstroom, and later played at Thrashers Skate Park in ...
A show where an interviewer follows an artist/group around for a typical day in their lives, with snippets of the featured artist/group's music videos thrown in. "Gons" (Afrikaans for buzz or hum). This is a studio based interview show with an artist/group or actor. The guests are asked to choose a music video at the end of the show.
Following the introduction of the term "three-step" as an additional name for gqom music and a gqom beat structure associated with triple time coined by gqom producers in the 2010s, subsequent to the genre gaining mainstream popularity in the late 2010s and early 2020s, Emo Kid, DJ Lag, Ben Myster, and Menzi introduced, pioneered and developed ...