MUSIC PROGRAMMES

Afrongoma
Mon 17:15
Tune in for the best variety of African music from all corners of the continent presented by lady Hanifa - the lady who always seems to know what the musicians are up to at all times!!.

YVONNE CHAKA CHAKA

FAVOURITE TV SHOW: Emzini Wezintsizwa.
FAVOURITE MAGAZINE: Bona.
FAVOURITE SMELLS : Anything that smells good, perfume.
FAVOURITE MUSIC : Mbaqanga.
FAVOURITE FOODS : Mala le mogodu - the insides.
WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CAR? Nissan Sport.
THE PERFECT INTERVIEW, DEAD OR ALIVE : Madonna.
FAVOURITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK: I don't drink alcohol.
WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN? : Pisces.
FAVOURITE BOOK : Mind Power by John Kehoe.
FAVOURITE MOVIE : The Score.
FAVOURITE PLACE IN THE WORLD : Hong Kong.
FAVOURITE WAY TO SPEND A DAY : Sleeping.
WHAT'S UNDER YOUR BED? : Pure white sheets (always).
PHILOSOPHY ON LIFE : Love and respect yourself, and moreover I think that a learning nation is a better one.
YET TO BE FULFILLED AMBITION : To perform alongside Madonna, Aretha Franklin and Luther Vandross.

Yvonne Chaka-Chaka
Yvonne Chaka-Chaka first burst onto the South African music scene in 1984 with her massive hit, "I'm in Love WIth a DJ." Since that time disco (also called bubblegum) music has proliferated throughout South Africa. Bubblegum borrows from township jive with vocals arranged as overlapping call-and-response patterns, but diverges by often using multiple synthesizers to reproduce most sounds, along with the electronic drum box. Forget saxophones or drumming or even the syncopated guitar riffs popular in mbanqanga.
Chaka-Chaka's powerful alto voice along with her finely-crafted and arranged material accounts for her wide popularity.