KWAITO KING
Former backup dancer for Brenda Fassie and Kwaito pioneer Arthur Mafokate asked in a two page document “am I the king of Kwaito?” He allegedly proceeded to answer the question and justify his position as king of the South African dance music. That document is nowhere to be found. Check this interview from ’03. “Oyi Oyi” is one of his big hits from the late 90s. I found it on South African Rhythm Riot: The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto Volume 6, which also contains some classic Brenda Fassie tracks.
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January 13th, 2009. african, dancers, everything, kwaito, videos, youtube | 3 comments »
January 14th, 2009 at 5:33 am
Ha, that’s the same album that was my introduction to Kwaito in 2003 or whatever. (Borrowed it from the public library.) Kudos to the compiler for including some of it, a “Rough Guide” compo or whatever would have just ignored it as uninteresting an inauthentic.
January 15th, 2009 at 12:24 am
That was one of Arthur’s biggest hits, the one most people believe crown him as the king of kwaito is Kaffir, I donot know if you guys have had of it.?
January 15th, 2009 at 12:32 am
Yes “Don’t Call Me Kaffir” which is also pretty fantastic
http://www.christopherporter.com/mp3s/Arthur-Kaffir.mp3