Oratorio of a Forgotten Youth: Struggle on, there's still hope

That's what Mandla Mlangeni would like listeners of 'Oratorio of a Forgotten Youth' to take away from the project

18 June 2023 - 00:00

Trumpeter, composer and winner of the 2019 Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Jazz, Mandla Mlangeni’s latest album is the recorded version of a musical project he’s been refiguring and developing since 2016, when it was first performed in Cape Town as part of a commission to mark the 40th anniversary of the June 16 1976 protests. ..

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