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Cuntsulana takes sounds of home to faraway Norway

Daily dispatch 2024

Asakhe Cuntsulana heading to Norway

By Malikhanye Mankayi Asakhe Cuntsulana is a distinguished South African musician and educator with a deep passion for cultural exchange and the preservation of African indigenous music. Born and raised in a community where music and heritage are intertwined, Asakhe has always been drawn to the powerful role that music plays in storytelling and cultural identity.

Ingoma yoHadi: Asakhe at NAF50: 2024

Still kicking — the beating hearts, drums interwoven with trauma and intimacy at the 2023 National Arts Festival : 2023

I’m now sitting in an office not a hundred metres from that res, and significantly balder. There’s no more Film Fest, Litfest, Thinkfest, or Creativate Digital Festival. There are fewer venues, to ensure that they all have backup generators. It may be a more trimmed-down version, but still boasts of being “the biggest arts festival in Africa”. Armed with 37 tickets, I was looking forward to getting stuck in.

The spirit of music: Composer Asakhe Cuntsulana

The spirit of music: Composer Asakhe Cuntsulana

Music Experience with Mlungisi Gegana brings you: Asakhe Cuntsulana

The World of Music: 2023

By Alyssa Harrison

By Alyssa Harrison The music concert held at the Black Power Station on Saturday evening was an intimate gathering, a much smaller space than I had anticipated. This only added to the warmth as we sheltered from the brisk wind outside. The cosy atmosphere was accentuated by wooden bookshelves filled to the brim with books,

Yongest Standard Bank Ovation Award Parnelist: 2022

St Andrew’s College staff member, Asakhe Cuntsulana took to the Guy Butler (Monument) stage alongside other musicians during the official opening of the 2022 National Arts Festival. This performance on 23 June was followed by the first installation of Asakhe’s African music project entitled Ingoma YoHadi (The Song of the Harp) at the Cathedral, which moved the audience to a standing ovation.

Access Music Project Marimba Facilitator: 2021

Asakhe Cuntsulana at AMP_Newsletter_2021

Asakhe in the Rhodos Magazine: 2020

Asakhe Cuntsulana on the Rhodos

Rhodes Student Poetry: A bright star: 2018

Third year Bachelor of Music student, Asakhe Cuntsulana recently published his debut anthology, Ikhwezi Eliqaqambileyo. After completing the Via Afrika WritePublishRead online course, 21-year old Cuntsulana gracefully adds ‘self-published author’ to his biography.