On the 14 November 2020 episode of What is Wrong With Groovin’? we profiled Sisonke Xonti’s album ‘uGaba The Migration’ in partnership with Standard Bank.
What is Wrong With Groovin’? is an audio documentary show that used to broadcast every Sunday between 2pm and 6pm on Kaya FM.
The show intro was as awe inspiring as the show was. I wrote this intro thinking of the meaning of Hugh Masekela’s 1966 record ‘The Emancipation of Hugh Masekela’ and the fact that Hugh Masekela was one of the first presenters of Kaya FM when it was born in 1997. Here’s the show intro below:
Our world is awash with musical expression, and we are already immersed.
This is a story of who we are, of how we have come about.
Here, we trace our sonic lineages
through language, historical recollection, and studying the geopolitical context.
This is a story laced with the expression of sound and defiance.
Welcome to What is Wrong With Groovin’
A yearning to be free, an enchanting musical journey to recalibrate and reimagine the history of Africa and her people with creative meaning. What is Wrong With Groovin’ is a dazzling jazz melody composed by the inimitable trumpeter extraordinaire Hugh Masekela, performed and popularised by the impeccable Letta Mbulu, who elevates the immanent need in all human beings – the need for freedom – through music.
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Mohau Bosiu 