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January 26/27 - 5th Anniversary Broadcast, Part 2 (Curated by Simon Ndlovu)

• Umthandazo - Pat Matshikiza (from Seasons, Masks, and Keys)

• Song for My Fathers - Feya Faku (from Hommage)

• Sibamba Ngazo Zozibini - Mlungisi Gegana (from My Time, My Space)

• Lockdown Jam - Sydney Mavundla (from Dirge for Our Fathers)

• Cycle - Ziza Muftic (from Singing in Tongues)

• Mematswale - Andile Mseleku (from Essence of Joy)

• Vir Elsa - Melorie Jane (from Hold the Stars)

• Izibongo - Sibusiso Mashiloane (from Izibongo)

• The Future of The Past The Past of The Future - Maxwell Baloyi (from Healing Palms)

January 19/20 - 5th Anniversary Broadcast, Part 1

• Secret Greek Hi-Fi - Paul Hanmer (from Window to Elsewhere)

• Philani - McCoy Mrubata (from Hoelykit?)

• Mbira Shuffle - Pops Mohamed (from How Far Have We Come?)

• Time Will Tell - Gloria Bosman (from Tranquility)

• Mirengo - Philip Tabane (from Muvhango)

• Tintinyana - Abdullah Ibrahim (from African Suite)

• Genes and Spirits - Moses Taiwa Molelekwa (from Genes and Spirits)

• Yise Wabant'a Bami (Father Of My Children) - Busi Mhlongo (from Urbanzulu)

• Mbombela - Hugh Masekela (from Sixty)

• Overture - Communion: Mamazala - Zim Ngqawana (from Ingoma)

January 12/13 Broadcast (rebroadcast of an earlier show)

• Angola - Hexangol (from McCoy and Mseleku)

• Shebeen - Jonas Gwangwa (from Flowers of the Nation)

• Hymn for All - Feya Faku (from le Ngoma)

• African Sun - Roland Moses (from Paths of Light)

• Dream Walker - Andile Yenana (from Who’s Got the Map)

• They’ve Got the Map! - Thembi Dunjana (from God Bless iKapa. God Bless Mzantsi.)

• Echoes of Gugulethu - Thembi Dunjana (from God Bless iKapa. God Bless Mzantsi.)

• Forest Road - Deep South (from Heartland)

January 5/6 Broadcast

• The Homecoming Song - Abdullah Ibrahim (from Dollar Brand at Montreux)

• Kaapstad - Muneeb Hermans Quintet (from One for HP)

• Gauteng Vibes - Pops Mohamed (from Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow)

• Happy Samba - Amanda Tiffin (from Facing South)

• Sonesta - Aquarian Quartet (from The World in a Guitar)

• Kwa Zulu - Steve Dyer (from Son of the Soil)

• Polokwane - Lorraine Klaasen and Mongezi Ntaka (from Polokwane)

• Suite Freedom - Surendran Reddy (from Reddy, Steady, Go!)

December 29/30 Broadcast (re-broadcast of an earlier show)

• Sekusile - Dark City Sisters (from Dark City Sisters And Flying Jazz Queens)

• Switch - Chris McGregor and the Castle Lager Big Band (from Jazz / The African Sound)

• Scullery Department - Jazz Epistles (from Verse One)

• Siyavuya - Miriam Makeba & The Skylarks (from The Very Best of Vol 1 1956 - 1959)

• Naledi - Dorothy Masuka (from Hamba Notsokolo)

• Way Back - Ntemi Piliso (from Bra Ntemi At Mavuthela Vol I - 1975)

• African Day - Tete Mbambisa (from Jazz In Africa Vol.2)

• Iqhude (Sekusile) - Nokukhanya (from Tribute to You)