Jazz Articles about Herbie Tsoaeli

About Herbie Tsoaeli

Radio & Podcasts

Afrikan Time Music and Black Theology, in Conversation

by Ngwako Malakalaka
October 8, 2024

To mark South Africa's Heritage Month and Steve Biko's commemoration, Herbie Tsoaeli, the South African award-winning jazz bassist and the “Centre for Black Thought and African Studies," presented a conversation and a live jazz performance on “Black Theology and Afrikan Time" music. The discussion was about black liberation theologies in their quest to make sense of the lived realities of black people on the backdrop of the liberatory message of Christianity. To inspire and respond to ...

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Album Review

Winston Mankunku Ngozi: Abantwana Be Afrika

Read "Abantwana Be Afrika" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
December 25, 2003

While legions of South African jazz artists left the country in the '60s to escape apartheid, saxophonist Winston Mankunku Ngozi stayed home, and he paid a heavy price for his choice. Expatriates like Abdullah Ibrahim and Hugh Masekela circulated within American and European jazz communities, earning exposure and recognition. Mankunku labored under a regime which restricted his personal and musical freedom, sometimes performing under a pseudonym or behind a curtain. But his 1968 record Yakhal' Inkomo stands as one of ...