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The Voice of South African Kwaito: Zola

South African musician Zola's work is featured in Tsotsi, this year's Oscar winner for best foreign film. He is the country's leading kwaito artist. The genre is a mixture of South African pop, house music and Western hip-hop. Zola, whose real name is Bonginkosi Dlamini, talks about his music.

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