Episode 6: "The sounds of shackles breaking" with Soundz of the South

Music!Dance!Culture! Episode 6: "The sounds of shackles breaking" with Soundz of the South

Soundz of the South (SoS) is a Hip Hop group/movement from the outskirts of Cape Town building an international working-class counter-culture. In this episode co-produced with guests researcher Sudiipta & interviewees Anela, Tsidi Bang Bang, Khanya Athule from SoS, we discuss activism and art, SoS's creative response to xenophobic violence in South Africa and challenging gender injustice. Languages: English, isiXhosa. See this on YouTube: (https://youtu.be/qar0CYlNZz0).

Images featured by Sudiipta Dowsett or with permission from Soundz of the South 

Music featured

Thina by Soundz of the South featuring Java, Anela, Karl Myz, Millz and Tsidi - https://sos1.bandcamp.com/track/thina (excerpt 1:38-3:00)

Train Cypher against Xenophobia by Soundz of the South(SOS), Poetics and Phillippi High Speaks (2015) shot by C'de Anele - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VpTLhbGtho (excerpt 9:05-10:48 featuring Lukhanyo Zondani aka Freeze Jargon rapping and Millz The First leading a struggle song)

Dragons Head by Soundz of the South featuring rapper Skills, Anela Jahmena and Sudiipta, beats by Kunta Official Beats from album K'ltsha Kulture album produced as part of Sudiipta's PhD research - https://open.spotify.com/track/0cu3p0d8WvTiwakcpMMVeL?si=075245998fe34def (18:21-22:34) (features excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s last speech)

Anisaboni by Soundz of the South from album Freedom Warriors Vol. 4. - https://sos1.bandcamp.com/track/anisaboni (26:41-31:24)

Zivume by Soundz of the South from album Words of Rebel Sistah - (explained 37:01-38:35 and excerpt sung live 41:43-41:55) - https://soundcloud.com/s_os/zivume-anela-sos?in=s_os/sets/words-of-rebel-sistah&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Words of Rebel Sistah compilation - https://soundcloud.com/s_os/sets/words-of-rebel-sistah (42:45-44:55)

Links:

Website - https://www.soundzofthesouth.org/

Bandcamp - https://sos1.bandcamp.com/

Crossroads: I live where I like by Koni Benson (2014) (40:15-42:44) 

Research by Dr. Sudiipta Shamalii Dowsett

https://research.unsw.edu.au/people/dr-sudiipta-shamalii-dowsett/publications

Rebel Sistah Cypher: Hip-hop as embodied practice for social change -https://freilich.anu.edu.au/research/projects/rebel-sistah-cypher-hip-hop-embodied-practice-social-change-0

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Music!Dance!Culture! is produced by Georgia Curran & Mahesh White-Radhakrishnan. This ep guest co-produced with Sudiipta Dowsett & Soundz of the South members Anela Jahmena, Tsidi Bang Bang & Khanya Baba. Theme music by Mahesh, remixed & produced by Arian Pearson. Sound design by Mahesh featuring transitions by Alexis Weaver. Thanks to all artists featured in this episode. Thanks to Sydney Conservatorium of Music, SCM Work in Progress Group, University of New South Wales, PARADISEC, Australian Anthropological Society, the Freilich Project for the Study of Bigotry (Australian National University) and our supporters. www.music-dance-culture.com