APPROVAL FOR 3-YEAR SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT FOR JAZZ AGAINST APARTHEID FESTIVAL IN THE EASTERN CAPE
BEYOND EXILE and the international commitment and dedication to human excellence and progress.
The first ever Jazz Against Apartheid concert took place in October 1986 at Quartier Latin Concert Hall. Dyani chanted "Think think think, it is good for you!" He collapsed backstage and was rushed to hospital. He remained in a coma for a week and eventually died from heart failure and internal bleeding. The South African…
Poet Vusi “Macingwane” Mchunu told who was at the inaugural event and went on to record the life and passing of Johnny Dyani in the journal African Cultural-Literary Journal AWA – FINNABA that he co-produced and edited in West Berlin in 1984 – 1987. He performed poetry at a number of the JAA events
JAA is first of all a series of concerts organized by both musicians and
political/cultural activists. It is searching for allies and supporters and
remains a free association of people dedicated to the cause of freedom and individual and social solidarity and responsibility.
“Nachwuchsforderung” – the conscious policy and practice of transferring societal values, knowledge and skills to the next generation – as a core focus for Jazz Against Apartheid
