Steve Kekana: an 80s South African pop star, and much more

By Yonela Mnana, PhD candidate in Music, University of the Witwatersrand

Steve Kekana was one of South Africa’s most popular singers in the 1980s era of soul and disco. But he was many other things besides – he was a law teacher, talk radio host and a man who overcame apartheid and disability to thrive. Yonela Mnana is a singer, pianist and music teacher who is currently working on his PhD on South African piano. The Conversation Africa asked him for his impressions of the artist whose songs he teaches and whose paths crossed his…

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~	It is industry, not government, that is getting in the way of a ‘just transition’ for oil and gas workers

~	Earth Day: ‘Green muscle memory’ and climate education promote behaviour change

~	Type 2 diabetes is not one-size-fits-all: Subtypes affect complications and treatment options

~	A majestic palm that flowers once in its life is in bloom in Trinidad

~	‘I dreamed I was executed by a firing squad in Iran’

~	Getting to know L’Office du Jèrriais: A Q&A with the team promoting the Jèrriais language

~	After Just for Laughs’ bankruptcy, we should ask Canadian comedians what they need to succeed

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