The Soweto Gospel Choir’s music, with its blend of struggle, hope and triumph, resonates deeply with audiences because it ...

Crowds of mourners gather outside Nelson Mandela's former house in Vilakazi Street, Soweto, to dance and sing songs in celebration of his life. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). Kate Middleton Steps ...

Dressed in vibrant costumes, the Soweto Gospel Choir blends the rich sounds of traditional African music with dance and a variety of musical genres — rock and hip-hop, and American gospel and R&B — ...

In December, in the thick of tributes that poured in following the death of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s Soweto Gospel Choir chose to eulogize their leader with an abrupt, but no less affecting, ...

The song’s success in late 2022 led to a remix featuring Don Toliver and Rema in 2023, which helped maintain its momentum. “The song was already successful in late 2022, and in 2023, we wanted to ...

A question about apartheid in South Africa 30 years ago: "Do you take what your father has taken or do you stand up for what you think it right?" The speaker is Thandi Modise and he is recalling the ...

*More from South Africa as I visited Soweto about 25 minutes by road from Johannesburg. I remembered Nigerian musician, Sonny Okosuns‘ liberation songs such as “Fire In Soweto Song” and “Papa’s Land.” ...

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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Shimmy Jiyane and Latroit about their new project to reimagine classic House tracks to tell the story of the roots of the genre – translated and sung by the choir in Zulu.