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The Documentary: The Sound of Soweto: The Sound of Soweto - Part Two

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24/05/2017 GMT

The Sound of Soweto - Part Two

The Sound of Soweto

BBC World Service - The Documentary, The Sound of Soweto, The Sound of Soweto - Part Two

Poet Thabiso Mohare explores the role of music as defiance in Soweto, South Africa

Poet Thabiso Mohare explores the role of music as defiance in Soweto, South Africa's oldest township.

Johannesburg-based poet Thabiso Mohare explores the music of Soweto from the 1970s onwards, through the unrest that led to democracy in 1994, and takes a look at the music scene today.

From Sowetan Soul stars influenced by the black power movement of the '70s, to platinum selling acapella groups making waves around the world today, he talks to musicians about the way they have interpreted and adapted their rich musical heritage, asking how important the strong tradition of dissent in South African music is to them, and looks at why influences both local and global have always come into play in Soweto. Featuring interviews with Sipho 'Hotstix' Mabuse, Mandla Mlangeni, BCUC and The Soil.

(Photo: BCUC rehearsal studio in Soweto)

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