Jungle Connection Archives

Life Soundtrack: Blk Sonshine ‘s Building

A friend was heading out for the night to the legendary Club 206 in Orange Grove to see 'some new group called Blk Sonshine'' and wanted to know if I would like to join him. I tagged along not knowing that this would be the start of a journey into the world of poetry and the Arts. I had been writing poetry for most of my life but it was more for therapy and never made it beyond my notebooks and the few friends I would let read. Blk Sonshine 's Birth Blk Sonshine was Malawian-American singer/songwriter Masauko and Soweto-born composer and librettist Neo Muyanga. Masauko was visiting South...

Return Of The King: Tumi Molekane

Jun 16, 2015 | Sound

The Poet MC The first time I heard Tumi Molekane was probably at Jungle Connection in Doornfontein, Johannesburg, circa 1999/2000, doing poetry. As he explored the various aspects of his creativity both as part of Tumi And The Volume and then as a solo artist, I watched and listened from the sidelines, enjoying the various creations and, occasionally sharing my thoughts: Tumi Traverses Whole Worlds. I have always felt that Tumi occupies a particular space in the South African (and global) musical landscape that is beyond the hype, the ‘turn-up’, the trivial wordplay that says nothing...