Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The four members of Urban Village grew up in Soweto as apartheid, at least in its formal manifestation, was ...

Udondolo is an incredibly rich album, crafted by musicians who love getting into a groove and just sticking there. There is something incredibly soothing about sitting in an empty room, watching the ...

Apple Music’s New Artist Spotlight for February is Urban Village, a Soweto-based band who blend folk, Zulu rock, Xhosa funk, mbaqanga, maskandi and layer it with funky acoustic melodies to create a ...

Johannesburg's public transport terminals are a visceral experience. Portions of fruit and veg piled on cloth laid out on the pavement are sold alongside portable food like amagwinya and polony.

PETER MASON is wowed (and a little baffled) by the undeniably ballet-like grace of flamenco YOU can hear the reality of Sowetan life in the powerful album by the Urban Village Quartet Udondolo ...

The name Urban Village alludes to the identities of migrant workers from different parts of the country and the continent. Together the Soweto natives formed a genre-bending music ensemble. By ...