Bongeziwe Mabandla and Blick Bassy come together for sublime live collaboration
Two of Africa’s most important artists are joining creative minds to deliver what is likely to be one of the most exceptional live music experiences of the year. South Africa’s Bongeziwe Mabandla and Blick Bassy will come together for the first time on September 23rd at The People’s Theatre in Johannesburg for an hour-long performance […]
Bongeziwe Mabandla and Blick Bassy collaborate for intimate evening at The People’s Theatre
Award-winning artists, Bongeziwe Mabandla from South Africa, and Blick Bassy from Cameroon, are joining creative minds to bring music fans a new perspective on their latest work. Together with Tiago Correia-Paulo and Arno de Casanove, their musical collaborators, they are developing an hour performance of songs from their respective albums iimini and 1958 – creating […]
Celebrating 10 years since the release of Bongeziwe Mabandla’s debut, Umlilo
Like so many of his fans throughout the world, we are pausing to take a moment and celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Bongeziwe Mabandla’s debut album, Umlilo. Produced by Paolo Chibanga (of 340ml and Tumi And The Volume), who had long seen Bongeziwe’s artistic gifts, and released through Sony in 2012, the 12-track album gave […]
Bongeziwe Mabandla joins heavyweight lineup at Berlin-based African Book Festival 2022
Bongeziwe Mabandla has joined the African Book Festival 2022 taking place at the Nåpoleon Komplex, Berlin from August 26-28. This year’s programme has been curated by Johannesburg-based Lidudumalingani who is a longtime creative collaborator of Bongeziwe’s. The writer, filmmaker, and photographer has worked on several projects with Bongeziwe, including shooting the cover for his award-winning […]
Bongeziwe takes off for a very special, intimate EU tour
Fresh from a series of sold-out shows in South Africa, Bongeziwe Mabandla is headed out again – this time for a very special European tour. Known for staging small, intimate concerts in unusual venues, the musical travel company STIMMEN on Tour is featuring Bongeziwe in its early July offering “Voices on Tour” that also includes […]
South Africa Represents at Sakifo Festival 2022
Check out this gallery of photos capturing the fantastic array of South African artists performing at this year’s event on Réunion Island – and make a plan to get there in 2023! BCUC and Stogie T by Mikhael Thuillier BLK JKS, Bongeziwe Mabandla and Radio Sechaba photos by Guillaume Belaud
Gqeberha Get Ready! Bongeziwe Mabandla is headed your way!
Bongeziwe Mabandla has just announced a South African tour – this time including the award-winning artist’s first ever show in Gqeberha which will take place on June 22nd at Nelson Mandela University. The announcement came during Bongeziwe’s stay in Réunion Island where he delivered another moving, intense and wonderful performance as part of the Sakifo Muzik […]
Black Major takes over Réunion Island!
We’re still buzzing from this past weekend’s takeover of the beautiful Réunion Island! Morena Leraba was part of IOMMa (Indian Ocean Music Market), a four-day event that is the first music industry platform in the Indian Ocean area, dedicated to connecting the Réunionese and Indian Ocean music scenes to the international market. Also bringing their […]
Africa Is …. Bongeziwe Mabandla 
There are few better ways to celebrate Africa month all month than putting Bongeziwe Mabandla’s specially compiled Apple Music playlist on repeat. His playlist forms part of Africa Is featuring music from West Africa, Francophone Africa, East Africa, Lusophone Africa, and Southern Africa, with 18 exclusive guest playlists that are all inspired by what it […]
Immerse yourself in the sounds of Bongeziwe Mabandla and DJ Lag with Spatial Audio
Fans of Bongeziwe Mabandla and DJ Lag can now truly immerse themselves in the music of these two South African artists with Apple Music’s Spatial Audio. According to Apple, presenting songs in Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos “gives artists the opportunity to create immersive audio experiences for their fans with true multidimensional sound and clarity”. […]
