Sarafina Archives - Bruce Dennill

Jazz In Johannesburg – Holding The City’s Sound

Mar 21, 2026 | ARTiculate

By RYAN ENSLIN Johannesburg has always known how to play the opening bars. Holding the chorus has been harder. Its history is lined with rooms that flared into brilliance, then disappeared. Shebeens in Sophiatown where marabi pulsed under threat of...

Music Interview: Asanda Delihlazo – Imibono, Or Dreams Realised

Nov 4, 2021 | ARTicle

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Asanda Delihlazo recently released the EP Imibono. Delihlazo is a folk singer with songs rooted in traditional Xhosa rhythms and harmonies. She refined her talent in musical theatre...

Theatre Review: Sarafina! – Activism And Energy, Or Schooled By History

Jul 21, 2019 | chART

By BRUCE DENNILL Sarafina! / Directed by Nhlanhla Ngema / The Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg Sarafina!, an original South African musical, was a Broadway success story in the late Eighties and has been revived a number of...

Music Review: A Celebration Of Bra Hugh Masekela – Avoiding Hugh-Bris, Or Tales, Tunes And Talent

May 6, 2018 | chART

By BRUCE DENNILL A Celebration Of Bra Hugh Masekela / Directed by Makhaola Ndebele / The Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg 8 There is no reasonable argument against the staging of a musical tribute to the...

Jazz In Johannesburg – Holding The City’s Sound

Music Interview: Asanda Delihlazo – Imibono, Or Dreams Realised

Theatre Review: Sarafina! – Activism And Energy, Or Schooled By History

Music Review: A Celebration Of Bra Hugh Masekela – Avoiding Hugh-Bris, Or Tales, Tunes And Talent

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