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GOEMA | The Genuines

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The rock band from Cape Town that left Joburg audiences gasping.

This episode includes Mac McKenzie and Hilton Schilder.

The Genuines smelted Cape ghoema rhythms with rock, becoming favourites at Jamesons in downtown Joburg, a hotbed of original music and racial mixing in apartheid South Africa.
26 Jul English South Africa Music History · Music Interviews

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