The legendary Hugh Masekela, whom you hear in the background was my introduction to jazz. I remember my first-time hearing stimela was in our living room when my mum was ironing away, and I had just got back home from school. Intrigued, I listened as he told the story of the coal train and the mines in Johannesburg. 

 

Please click the continent to travel down to Southern Africa, to Johannesburg, Egoli; The City of Gold. 

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Music: Grazing In The Grass by Hugh Masekela