The Africa Report

South Africa: Sjava’s climb to the top

At the shisanyama’s Sjava frequent hangout, the price would be about half of that, at most. Despite his elevation to continental superstar, Sjava, whose real name is Jabulani Hadebe, is about as ...
Variety

With ‘The Life of a Showgirl,’ Taylor Swift Has Made Such a Contagiously Joyful Record, Even Her Score-Settling Detours Sound Sunny: Album Review

Is the world ready for Taylor Swift, utterly untortured poet? Possibly — it’s not as if a whole season’s worth of NFL television cutaways didn’t prime the planet for the idea that Dark Taylor might be ...
Slate

Did Taylor Swift Really Have the Biggest Album Debut of All Time? Yes, With an Asterisk, or Two.

A couple of months ago, when we first heard about The Life of a Showgirl, Taylor Swift’s heavily hyped 12 th album of new material, on an episode of her fiancé Travis Kelce’s podcast, we were told it ...
USA Today

Taylor Swift just broke another record with 'Life of a Showgirl'

As if Taylor Swift needed more polish for her decorated résumé, the Showgirl has made her sequined mark in the music history books once more. Swift, who released her 12th studio album "The Life of a ...
The Africa Report

South Africa: Sjava and Big Zulu come together for anthem of the ages

The invitation said: “Two giants unite. Come and experience this historical moment.” It also included an image of two artists walking across the midlands with their backs to the camera. This didn’t ...