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The Cape Malay String Band Choirs of Cape Town

The Cape Malay String Band Choirs of Cape Town

The unique Afrikaans-language Cape Malay choirs and their banjo and mandolin pickers

Traditional Singing, BanjoIlan MossApril 23, 2020Cape Malay, Cape Town, Choir, South Africa, BanjoComment

New Feature: AIDS Protest Singing In South Africa

New Feature: AIDS Protest Singing In South Africa

AIDS activists sing on the streets of Durban during the 2016 AIDS Conference in South Africa

Traditional SingingIlan MossJuly 24, 2019African singing, South Africa, DurbanComment

Gospel music from an HIV community group in Malawi

Gospel music from an HIV community group in Malawi

Multi-party harmony singing from a HIV group in Southern Malawi

Traditional SingingIlan MossMarch 7, 2019Malawi, Gospel, Blantyre, Thyolo, HIV, HIV Group, Doctors without Borders, African singing Comment