Friday 4 May 2012

IS SOUTH AFRICAN MUSIC SURVIVING

When I really think about the South African(SA) music I ask myself that do we support our South African music or we don’t that we even forget the songs that our grandmothers taught and even forget songs of our South African artists Sometimes I wonder what the future hold for the South African music because one can never be sure when the youth really don’t listen to the songs of artist like  late Mama Mariam makeba who sang beautiful  jazz songs about Our Country. Nowadays the youth prefers to listen to songs of:

v  BeyoncĂ© Knowles
v  Robyn Rihanna Fenty
v  Jay zee(Shawn Corey Carter)
v  Justin bieber
v  And more

You find that the youth listens to them because they are cool and famous that’s why they listen to them is no longer about what the songs mean and because their friends listens to them. Are we really so persuaded by people to listen to music or is it because the world is changing that we forget the songs of our culture and introducing new once .

Arthur mafokate's believed words
source:www.zazzle.co

The king of kwaito Arthur mafokate made a speech at the 18 Annual SAMA Awards on the 30th April 2012 saying that “South African music never dies “I find it hard to believe that look at the Music show in South Africa like Live Club808 and even the SoweTOP10 you find that they play American music.
Do you agree that  South African music never dies or it has already died?