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Mama Goema :: Tri Continental Film Festival 2011

“A journey to the heart of the Mother City and a beat called goema. With indigenous roots, colonial influences and shaped by Cape Town’s slave history, goema’s blueprint lies in the city’s carnival culture. It is from these traditional festivities … Continue reading

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Mama Goema :: SA Première | Encounters Film Festival 2011

“If you take a pinch of Khoi-San lament, a dash of Malay spice, a measure of European orchestral, a splash of Xhosa spiritual, the clash of marching bands, the pizzazz of the Klopse, a driving primal beat and a lot … Continue reading

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Jou Ma Se Goema | Mama Goema :: Film Teaser

A MUSICAL JOURNEY THROUGH THE CAPE Cape Town came about as a result of its location and the subsequent historic forces that were visited upon it. What emerged is a city with cultural and linguistic characteristics drawn from the disparate … Continue reading

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