TELLING STORIES THROUGH AFROPOP

Mnqobi Yazo's strand of Afropop is steeped in traditional South African music genres such as maskandi and isicathamiya. He owes these influences to his upbringing: he was born in the village of KwaMaphumulo and grew up in the Durban township of Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal, where both genres-and a wave of like-minded Afropop torchbearers (Sjava, Blaq Diamond, Aubrey Qwana)-originated.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.