Undercover Black Man

Over the past decade, there are three music CDs I’ve given multiple times as gifts. Which means I think they’re pretty special. So I may as ...

Today was the 91st birthday of Nelson Mandela , South Africa’s first black president. In his honor, I am streaming on my Vox blog a 4-minute...

This year I plan to shine a light on some notable Africans. If you consume mainstream media, you realize that the creative and intellectual ...

Got your attention, didn’t I? Man, I am shameless. I’m not a liar, though. John McCain indeed uttered the word “nigger” in the audio version...

Y’all know I’m into South African music, right? Let me share something interesting with you. There’s a fantastic singer named Themba “Shaluz...

Ever wonder about albinos in Africa? Reportedly, one in every 4,000 Africans is born with albinism. Which would add up to nearly a quarter m...

I want to try a theme this weekend. (I’m feeling frisky.) So for the next couple of days, this blog will be devoted to African music... via ...

Writing about “Zero Tolerance” made me nostaligic for the South African music I was turned on to during my visit to Joburg in 2000. So I’m ...

In 2000, David Simon and I traveled to Johannesburg as guests of TV producers Hilary Blecher and Indra de Lanerolle. It was a wonderful two ...

Tomorrow night in Johannesburg, the wonderful South African singer Busi Mhlongo will perform at a benefit concert ... a benefit, in part, f...

South African reggae icon Lucky Dube was murdered Thursday night during a botched carjacking in Johannesburg. He is being mourned througho...

When I visited Johannesburg in 2000, I got turned on to South African music in a big way. A young brother drove me and David Simon out to Su...

Here’s more of what I heard last Thursday morning (South Africa time) when I tuned in to Joburg’s Talk Radio 702 : At the top of every hour ...

I kind of fell in love with South Africa during a visit to Johannesburg in 2000. My buddy David Simon had been invited by two South African...