Waƙar Jazz tana da tarihin tarihi a Afirka ta Kudu kuma tana ci gaba da bunƙasa a yau. Salon ya samo asali ne a farkon karni na 20 a matsayin hadewar kade-kaden gargajiya na Afirka, jituwar Turai, da lilo na Amurka. Waƙar Jazz ta shahara musamman a lokacin mulkin wariyar launin fata lokacin da ta zama alamar juriya ga gwamnatin zalunci.
Wasu daga cikin fitattun mawakan jazz a Afirka ta Kudu sun hada da Hugh Masekela, Abdullah Ibrahim, da Jonathan Butler. Masekela ya kasance mai busa ƙaho kuma mawaki, wanda ya shahara da haɗakar wakokin gargajiya na Afirka da jazz. Ibrahim, wanda aka fi sani da Dollar Brand, dan wasan pian ne kuma mawaki wanda addininsa Musulmi da tushensa na Afirka ta Kudu suka yi tasiri a kan wakokinsa. Butler, mawaƙi kuma mawaƙi, ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin mawakan Afirka ta Kudu na farko da suka cimma nasara a duniya tare da haɗakar jazz, pop, da R&B.
A yau, ana iya jin kiɗan jazz a gidajen rediyo da yawa a duk faɗin Afirka ta Kudu. Waɗannan sun haɗa da Kaya FM, tashar da ke Johannesburg wanda ke yin haɗin jazz, rai, da sauran kiɗan birane; Fine Music Radio, tashar Cape Town da ta ƙware kan kiɗan gargajiya da na jazz; da Jazzuary FM, tashar Durban mai watsa wakokin jazz na musamman.
Baya ga gidajen rediyo, Afirka ta Kudu na da kyakkyawan yanayin jazz tare da bukukuwa da wuraren da aka keɓe don nau'in. Bikin Jazz na matasa na ƙasa, wanda ake gudanarwa kowace shekara a Grahamstown, yana jan hankalin matasa mawaƙa daga ko'ina cikin ƙasar don yin da kuma halartar bita tare da fitattun mawakan jazz. Ƙungiyar Orbit Jazz a Johannesburg sanannen wuri ne na jazz kai tsaye, yana ɗaukar ayyukan gida da na ƙasashen waje akai-akai.
Gabaɗaya, kiɗan jazz ya kasance muhimmin ɓangare na al'adun Afirka ta Kudu kuma yana ci gaba da yin tasiri da ƙarfafa mawaƙa a cikin ƙasar da ma duniya baki ɗaya.
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