What the lives of two South African music giants tell us about culture under apartheid by Gwen Ansell (The Conversation), 13 July 2017
… music the world calls jazz. Bustling mining town Mekoa was born on the East Rand, where gold had been discovered in … a trumpeter, and from him, in gigs, and at the central Johannesburg rehearsal and education space of Dorkay House, the young Johnny honed his chops. Phiri was born in Nelspruit, an agricultural town near the Mozambican …