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Chimurenga is proud to present BAFO & XABA - Madala Kunene and Sibusile Xaba LIVE in concert at Chimurenga Factory on Friday 14 November 2025 for the launch of their long awaited debut album KwaNTU.

Sibusile Xaba has been mentored by Madala ‘Bafo Kunene’ for the past decade, and kwaNTU (co-released by Mushroom Hour Half Hour & New Soil) sees teacher/student duo converging within the inimitable space of sound and spirit that they share through Kunene’s teaching.

The album was recorded in Zululand in the town of Utrecht, at a cultural centre called Kwantu Village, which gives its name to the album. ‘It’s such a broad word,’ Xaba says, ‘but the elders teach us that Ntu is basically an energy, almost chi, an energy, a force that all living beings have within them. It’s a living energy, so kwaNTU is like, almost the place of this energy.’ After five days of jamming, improvising and planning, the session was recorded in one take over a single night.

Join us at Chimurenga Factory (157 Victoria Rd, Woodstock) on 14 Nov from 19:00

Tickets:

R250 (pre-sale via Quicket)R300 (at the door)

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