If you feel like a celebratory evening out but would like to escape the Christmas rollercoaster for a couple of hours, you could do worse than drop in at the Tricycle. Forget Santa, forget panto puns ...

Ghoema, or drum, is a long term media project exploring the migration, history, and culture of the Malay people in South Africa’s Western Cape. The ghoema is associated with colorful rhythms and ...

In particular, the word usually evokes the ghoema drum, which resembles a wine barrel modified as a single-headed drum to play a syncopated rhythm. The left hand marks the beat, while the right hand ...

The alternative New Year celebrations date back to the mid-19th century when the Cape slaves were given a day off from their duties on 2 January. Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) kicked off in Cape ...

It's impossible to dislike this show, which explores the rhythms and drum beats from the Cape, where Africa and Europe collided with the music and culture of slaves imported from countries all around ...

Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) kicked off in Cape Town on Tuesday with thousands of minstrels showing off their glitzy outfits and songs. The ghoema beat drummed through the centre of Cape Town as ...

Theatre about the slave trade in South Africa can often fall prey to over-egging the pudding, with emphasis on apartheid trauma and racial prejudice. Ghoema (pronounced Guma, as in puma) however, ...