musical

A Copa do Mundo FIFA 2010 tera lugar na África do Sul. Quer planeie assistir aos jogos num estadio ou num parque de diversoes na ponta sul de África, ou sentado a ver televisao la em casa, eis alguma informaçao rapida acerca do campeonato e do pais anfitriao, para que a sua experiencia seja ainda melhor.

The Internet has helped launch several music careers, but access to the medium is limited – so a South African hip-hop group has made use of other inexpensive yet effective technology to introduce their talent to the world.

What's plastic, a metre long, brightly coloured and sounds like an elephant? It's the vuvuzela, the noise-making trumpet of South African football fans, and it's come to symbolise the sport in the country.

The life and talents of the late Matsemela Manaka, gifted playwright, artist and poet, will be celebrated with the staging of his musical Goree at the Market Theatre in Newtown, Johannesburg this month.

The internationally acclaimed Imilonji kaNtu Choral Society, the Traditional African Orchestra and Drumstruck team up for two nights only in the African Sound Experience, a unique melding of voices, drums and traditional African instruments, some of which have all but disappeared from the continent's repertoire.

South African youth culture is finding its own voice in a style of music known as kwaito, spawning a new - and profitable - industry. Like hip hop in the US, kwaito is not just music, it's an expression and validation of a way of life. It's the musical voice of young, black, urban South Africa.

Billed as the world's first interactive drum theatre production, Drumstruck not only gives theatre audiences a taste of African drumming, but makes them part of the show too.