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'Kwaitofabulous': The study of a South African urban genre

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Music History and Culture Musicology and Musical Analysis Diverse Musicological Studies

Abstract

This essay explores the concept of the authenticity of kwaito and traces the origin and the development of the genre within the context of South Africa's political and social changes in the post-apartheid era. Special attention is given to kwaito solo artists Arthur, Zola and the group Bongomaffin, as representatives of the pre-1998 and post-1998 styles of kwaito.

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