Simphiwe Dana: Kulture Noir – review

(Gallo)Simphiwe Dana has complained in the past that the younger generation of South African musicians have not been successful in the west because "the world is satisfied with the old guys", the likes of Hugh Masekela and Ladysmith Black Mambazo. But her country needs new celebrities, and great new female singers to take over from the late Miriam Makeba, and Dana is a major contender. This new album continues the direction of The One Love Movement On Bantu Biko Street, three years ago, but show...

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