{"id":209917,"date":"2019-07-02T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/209917\/teanation-on-a-mission-to-keep-kwaito-alive\/"},"modified":"2019-07-02T20:13:45","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T18:13:45","slug":"teanation-on-a-mission-to-keep-kwaito-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2019\/07\/02\/teanation-on-a-mission-to-keep-kwaito-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"PRINT EXCLUSIVE: Teanation on a mission to keep kwaito alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa has a rich musical history with a variety of sounds, genres, musical cultures and subcultures.<\/p>\n<p>From this variety came kwaito in the late 1980s.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>This genre is a variant of house music and deep baselines with catchy lyrics.<\/p>\n<p>With the rise of local hip-hop music and afro-jazz during the late 2000s, many suggested kwaito was dead as no prominent kwaito artists were releasing quality music.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"7019067112 - Kgotsofalang Germiston Teanation by Germiston City News\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F644659221&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>However, kwaito lovers across the country and artists such as Teanation from Kwanele Park in Katlehong emerged and disputed these claims.<\/p>\n<p>Teanation is a rap duo made up of friends Bafana Zikalala and Junior Chambale.<\/p>\n<p>For the full story be sure to get this week\u2019s Germiston City News, out tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' 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