Ibrahim: ‘n Blik tot anderkant die Melkweg
Die storie begin dekades gelede toe Abdullah Ibrahim ’n leerling aan die Trafalgar High School in Distrik Ses was. Leergierig het hy gaan rondkrap in argiewe en opgelees oor Anthony van Japan, die eerste Japannees aan die Kaap wat as slaaf vir Zacharias Wagenaer (Jan van Riebeeck se
opvolger) gewerk het.
Water from an Ancient Well: Abdullah Ibrahim’s Japanese cosmology
“In Japan, there is a concept called Ikigai – which means, what is it that you want to do when you wake up this morning. My Ikigai is what I’m doing. It’s almost like finding your destiny. That’s what the music does.”
‘I try to perfect something that is not possible to pefect’ – Abdullah Ibrahim
The slightly eccentric and vaunted pianist Abdullah Ibrahim – Mr Dollar Brand – is 85 years old and is one of the last living legends of South Africa’s golden age of music.
Blues for District Six
early one new year’s morning when the emerald bay waved its clear waters against the noisy dockyard a restless south easter skipped over slumbering lion’s head danced up hanover street tenored a bawdy banjo strung an ancient cello bridged a host of guitars tambourined through a dingy alley into a scented cobwebbed room and crackled […]
Beautiful music of Abdullah Ibrahim to soothe and inspire
Musicians perform an Abdullah Ibrahim number for their neighbourhood during quarantine.
Abdullah Ibrahim Africa Month Playlist
In celebration of Africa Month this May, Abdullah Ibrahim has partnered with Apple Music to curate a playlist featuring African artists.
“Water from an Ancient Well” – Jazz Vespers
The Jazz Ensemble of the Washington National Cathedral at Redeemer for the 2018-2019 Music at Redeemer Series, September 30, 2019.
Press Release: 2020 Spring Conferment of Decoration from Japan
On 29th April 2020, the Government of Japan announced the foreign recipients of the 2020 Spring Imperial Decoration. Abdullah Ibrahim is among the recipients of the decoration by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan.
Indaba My Children
‘We listen to the words of the dolphins.’
Covid-19 teaches us that human rights should be beyond shaking hands
Since President Cyril Ramaphosa last Sunday announced stringent measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus, life in South Africa has changed.