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Here's why Zoë Modiga, Melo B Jones, Zara McFarlane and Mpho Sebina should be on your playlist
26 November 2017 - 00:00
1. ZOË MODIGA
There's a moment towards the very end of Abounding Within, the second song on Zoë Modiga's Yellow: The Novel. She's not saying anything in particular; she's wailing, matter-of-fact. And in that joyous, extended, 40-second direct line to ancestry, Modiga both shines and sets the tone for an offering whose multiple influences are worn, without excuses, across 23 songs.
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