Abdullah Ibrahim has died at 91. The South African jazz legend leaves behind a legacy shaped by District Six, exile, “Mannenberg,” Mandela and quiet musical power.
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Abdullah Ibrahim’s death at 91 marks the loss of one of South Africa’s most important musical elders — a pianist whose quiet, spiritual sound carried the memory of District Six, exile, resistance and home.
Nduduzo Makhathini’s The Myth We Choose is not only a jazz album. It is a future-facing ritual about inheritance, imagination and the myths today’s music will leave behind.
Nala Collective is challenging old assumptions in Cape Town jazz by creating space for women instrumentalists to play, lead, experiment and champion the work of South African women composers.
