Back in 1871 when miners were not allowed to speak while they worked they came up with their own language. It was the language of the gumboots and it is being brought back to life with Rhythms - The ...

Nov. 6, 2000 - Deplorable conditions, actual suffering and racial hatred ought not, in the moral sphere of things, to generate art. Or if it does, then shouldn't the art, a remembrance of brutal times ...

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Vincent Ncabashe first learned gumboot dancing two decades ago as a 10-year-old at the Thabisong Youth Club in Soweto, South Africa. The working-class art form, which originated in the country’s gold ...

SOWETO, South Africa — Nomsa Victorino had a Lexus in her garage, a pool in her yard, eight bedrooms in her villa and a message for the world about her famous hometown. “Whatever people have in their ...

Most days in Soweto you’ll see tourist buses rolling through the streets. People peer out of the windows at local neighbourhoods, stop off to visit Nelson Mandela’s home, and possibly browse a few ...