some time this weekend I'll c+p this into a new thread with some further thoughts
v interested in stylistic origins - I'm not super familiar w/mbaqanga or its creolized cousin jive which I think link's mbaqanga to bubblegum + kwaito
also interested in how music scene, production, marketing, etc dealt/interacted with apartheid, haven't heard anything that seemed overtly political (not possible, I'd guess)
there was also a (somewhat whiter) more straight up boogie/post-disco/italo scene closer to contemporary international trends that produced some good records
I've always thought Nigeria was undisputed champ of African pop but I'm beginning to think S.A. is a serious challenger at least for the 80s