05/07/2026
This is where it started. These last few weeks I’ve been thinking a lot about the incredible concert I was so fortunate to go to at Haus der Kulturen der Welt in 2017. Hearing music from Thabang Tabane and Sibusile Xaba for the first time with Sakhile Twala and Dennis Magagula is something I’ll never forget and will remain forever grateful for. It changed my world. Exactly one week later I organised another concert for them in Berlin as I simply had to hear them again. My motivation was entirely selfish. It was Good Friday, the first time I’d ever organised a concert, and with only a few days notice we had over 100 people join us. This photo was taken the next morning as they departed Berlin to continue on their tour.
I still can’t quite believe that Thabang is no longer with us. The hole is deep.