{"id":57,"date":"2026-07-01T15:15:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panafricanspacestation.org.za\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2026-07-02T06:20:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:20:24","slug":"stories-about-music-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/panafricanspacestation.org.za\/?page_id=57","title":{"rendered":"Stories About Music in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Stories about Music in Africa<\/strong>&nbsp;is an ongoing series that presents concert-lectures and audio\/visual stories about music outfits from global Africa dedicated to exploring new musical territory. The series is recorded at the&nbsp;<em>Chimurenga<\/em>&nbsp;headquarters in Cape Town as well as satellite locations across the African world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest episode:&nbsp; SOCIAL BREATH \u2013 Asher Gamedze and THE BLACK LUNGS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In commemoration of the fighting spirit of 16 June \u201976, PASS presents a live recording of a once-off performance of SOCIAL BREATH by ASHER GAMEDZE and the BLACK LUNGS, a collective featuring some of Cape Town\u2019s finest improvisers in creative black music, including: Sean Sanby (bass), Nobuhle Ashanti (keys), Jed Petersen (tenor sax), Tumi Pheko (trumpet), Athi Ngcaba (trombone), Garth Erasmus (alto sax), Tina Mene (vocals), Ru Slayen (percussion) and Asher Gamedze (drums)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recorded at Chimurenga Factory on Friday, 16 June 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conducted by Asher Gamedze<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stories about Music in Africa&nbsp;is an ongoing series that presents concert-lectures and audio\/visual stories about music outfits from global Africa dedicated to exploring new musical territory. The series is recorded at the&nbsp;Chimurenga&nbsp;headquarters in Cape Town as well as satellite locations across the African world. The latest episode:&nbsp; SOCIAL BREATH \u2013 Asher Gamedze and THE BLACK [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-57","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/panafricanspacestation.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/panafricanspacestation.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/panafricanspacestation.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panafricanspacestation.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panafricanspacestation.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/panafricanspacestation.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117,"href":"https:\/\/panafricanspacestation.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions\/117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/panafricanspacestation.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}