Category: .Mail & Guardian
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Zambia: Up close with Africa’s finest
Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park offers some of the best wildlife spotting in Africa, an attraction now complemented by several top-notch safari lodges. You pay for how deep in the park you want to stay. Croc Valley Camp, the closest Luangwa gets to a budget option, overlooks the natural boundary…
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A golden time for local music despite jackboot of apartheid
The “Next Stop Soweto” series continues with the album, Volume 4, which features local music from 1975 to 1985. NEXT STOP SOWETO VOLUME 4 (Strut Records) Strut Records continues its acclaimed Next Stop Soweto series with Volume 4, a dip into the rich archives of local music from 1975 to 1985.…
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Sahara rock stirs up sandstorm
Sahara rock stirs up sandstorm 27 NOV 2014 00:00 CLYDE MACFARLANE Moroccan instrumentalist’s new album proves gnawa music has staying power. AL QANTARA – MAJID BEKKAS (IGLOO RECORDS) Cool kids like rock music. If they carry their enthusiasm into adulthood, they’ll discover the best rock bands have blues roots. Some will…

