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Boeremusiek (Afrikaans: ‘Boer music’ or 'Farmer's music') is a predominantly instrumental form of folk music that originated in South Africa. Initially intended to accompany informal social dancing, Boeremusiek developed through a fusion of European, African, and American musical traditions.
Non-commercial African-American radio stations promoted African music as part of their cultural and political missions in the 1960s and 1970s. African music also found eager audiences at Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and appealed particularly to activists in the civil rights and Black Power movements. [28]
The Voëlvry movement (Afrikaans: [ˈfuəlfrəi]) in South Africa was a genre of anti-apartheid music sung in Afrikaans. The term Voëlvry means both "free as a bird" and "outlaw". This movement has been said to have started on April 4, 1989 in Johannesburg in a packed club.
The music of South Africa exhibits a culturally varied musical heritage in conjunction with the multi-ethnic populace.Genres with the greatest international recognition being mbube, isicathamiya, mbaqanga, afrofusion, kwaito, South African pop music, afro house, South African hip hop, Shangaan electro, bacardi house, bolo house, gqom and amapiano.
NuL / ˈ n ʌ l / is a South African band formed in 1998 by Adriaan Pelzer and Simon Kruger, operating as NuL since 2004.NuL creates Afrikaans EBM/Industrial music, and propagates the free distribution of their music.
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.
Kwaito is a music genre that emerged in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, between the late 1980s and 1990s.It is a variant of house music that features the use of African sounds and samples.
Several heavyweights in the Afrikaans music industry collaborated with Du Plessis on the last album, including Francois van Coke, Van Pletzen, Die Heuwels Fantasties and Karlien van Jaarsveld. [2] Du Plessis was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2022, and passed away on 3 December 2024, at the age of 25. [3]