• iMbizo yamaKhono
  • Season One
  • Season Two
  • Season Three
  • Season Four

SE01 EP01

1. THE ART OF 1,4,5

SE01 EP02

2. SONIC NUANCES

SE01 EP03

3. POWER OF A SONG

SE01 EP04

R4: 6/8 RHYTHM

SE01 EP05

5: BAFO MENTOR

SE01 EP06

6: FREEDOM

SE01 EP07

7: YOU-OLOGY

SE01 EP08

8: MUSIC RIGHTS

SE02 E01

9: Jazzoetry is my life!

SE02 E02

10. Order creates Comfort

SE02 E03

11: On the shoulders of giants

SE02 E04

12: Vernacularism

SE02 E05

13: Re-invention

SE02 E06

14: Spirit of Play

SE02 E07

15: Magic & Mystery of Sound

SE02 E08

16: Making SA Music International

SE03 E01

17: Drumming in Yin and Yang

SE03 E02

18: Power To the Woman

SE03 E03

19. Vumani Bo! Align Yourselves!

SE03 E04

20: Maskandi: Preserve and Innovate

SE03 E05

21: Instrument of the People

SE04 E01

A musical anthropologist and fulltime musician for South Africa’s shift to the New South Africa. Morri takes his listeners on a journey through different kinds of music using his own compositions and the many folk songs he has learned on his travels.

SE04 E02

As an initiate of story-telling, instrument making and performance, Mosoeu Ketlele brings much power to the present and future of South African musician. He has travelled all over South Africa learning to play and make different traditional instruments.

SE04 E03

Moss Mogale hails from a musical family steeped in the tradition and culture of the musical North. At the age of 78 Bra Moss is together with his younger brother Jesse Mogale and their CAFCA (Committed Artists for Cultural Advancement) Big Band long running music education project from Mamelodi.

SE04 E04

On the run from apartheid for 22 years, unlearning the evil of societies through community and overcoming anger through music, Gill is a cornerstone of the punk and independent music movements of South Africa. His latest project Provolution provides a steady footing from which to build a career in music.

SE04 E05

Eastern Cape’s soulful jazz singer Retsi Michael Pule has perpetuated a longevity in music that has inspired generations of musicians onto the jazz mission. With a passion for teaching basic singing skills, Retsi infuses and inculcates in the minds of the youth a different approach to singing jazz music. “Music is as wide as the universe!” says the 85 year old.

iMbizo yamaKhono - Season 4

iMbizo yamaKhono is a transformative documentary series telling stories that educate and empower. Drawing from the indigenous knowledge, philosophy, economy and spiritual practice of the African creative way, every episode is like a unique chapter into a new form of forever learning.

Filmed in a live studio setting, well-rehearsed live music collaborations combine with interviews, art and dialogues to reveal the deep wisdom and cultural heritage of Africa.

The key themes are iindigenous wisdom, music styles, instruments and unique artistic practices. The star protagonists are creative and liberation icons of from South Africa.

With a priority for humanity, community creative development, iMbizo yamaKhono has a style all of its own, combining Tiny Desk Concert and Ted Talk style of content creation with deep heritage narratives, legacies and archives. The viewer is immersed in the memories and techniques of uniquely Southern African practices and styles. Season 4, titled uBuntu combines real time documentation with interviews and heavily insightful heritage archives to reveal ancient, modern and innovative music styles, instruments and artistic practices.

Oral history and heritage, creations and best practices, both ancient and futuristic enlighten seekers to a new form of music learning in South Africa.

Morri Natti a Maasai boy from Kenya showcases his unique cross-cultural musical style “mashariki muziki”. Mosoeu Ketlele, instrument maker and story-teller, enlightens the viewer to the ancient musical instruments including serotorotoro, mbira, uhadi and ixharra. Moss Mogale together with a youth orchestra, exposes the living legacy of the great Marabi and Malombo styles of the musical north. Gill Gap punk rocker and musical rebel, illustrates a self-styled approach to forever learning called Provolution. Retsi Michael Pule, composer and vocalist takes us on his stylish and positive jazz mission for basic singing skills in the Eastern Cape.

Each episode is released together with Pre and Post-task worksheets to facilitate better learning opportunities and access to a front-row seat in the never-ending story of forever learning.

iMbizo yamaKhono - se01 ATTUNEMENT


Season One Attunement (2020) documents 8 protagonists and their actions in music and liberation heritage in this country. A digital and innovation award winner, the impact created by this opening season exposed the dire need for Afrocentric music resources and opened the doorways to culture and learning.

Pan African syllabus based music education, relevant to IEB and CAP (grades 10 -12) curriculum, bridging course to university and young professionals.
A sustainable solution in the music sector for authentic career growth for musicians, creative artists, and industry practitioners.Digital Innovation through an online education hub. Learning beyond the classroom. Permanent access for students to e-learning modules and further educational resources. Imbizo yamaKhono is about learning music, culture and heritage in a smarter way through the ever-improving internet and online technologies. Attunement is to hone in on your creative instincts.

“Teaching and opening the minds of the young and old is a big contribution to the human race. We appreciate your generosity, expertise and humility.” Tu Nokwe



An innovative approach to introducing and training the target market to learn music, culture and heritage in a smarter way through the ever-improving internet and online technologies. Through mentorship knowledge and skills exchange we are holistically off-setting the losses in education of historical legacies in South Africa. Our music educational resources are a sustainable solution in the music sector for authentic career growth for musicians, creative artists, and industry practitioners and quality free resources for students and teachers alike.



iMbizo yamaKhono - SE02 ASSIMILATION

Season Two Assimilation (2021) expands to include Live Music Performances in a Workshop setting. In partnership with AMPD studios, Season Two, elevates learning in new directions of self-expression and sustainable practices through brilliant protagonists of diverse music genres and practices. Evoking the warm embracive space of the community centre, the coffee shop, the backstage or playground, where knowledge and skills are shared in an inspired, collaborative and innovative approach, the iMbizois a gathering of the arts.

Creative students, scholars, emerging artists, master musicians, performers and wisdom keepers come together to share, learn and grow together. A real time documentation combined with heavily insightful heritage archives reveals new compositions, repertoire and approaches to music in South Africa. An online education hub provides for learning beyond the classroom and providing permanent access to e-learning modules and further educational resources year-round.

"iMbizo yamaKhono – Gathering of the Arts” is a living inspiration for our creatives of tomorrow. May this be the pathway to mentorship in creativity know-how. These are the techniques and narratives on SA approaches to making music and on the history, heritage and spirituality that is a way-shower towards professional acumen.”

In each episode is a mentor tasked with sharing the techniques, narratives, general knowledge and know-how on South African approaches. The holistic approach engages key themes philosophy, economy, spiritual practice, indigenous knowledge systems, music, healing, cultural memory, creative economy and cultural activism.

Using an innovative multi-facetted approach to engaging audiences, iMbizo yamaKhono is high quality, fresh innovative and uplifting resources to address the gap in quality music and heritage education from Southern Africa.

iMbizo yamaKhono - SE03 AFRIKA YEAR

Season Three Afrika Year (2022) provides further expansion of learning even deeper into the reaches of indigenous and Pan African arts and culture. Titled Afrika Year, the broadening of approach to popular and traditional cultures and music including sound, maskandi and reggae finds a joyful and resonant space in music education

THE well-researched production of documentation of South African living treasures in the fields of philosophy, spirituality, development practices, indigenous knowledge systems, music, healing, cultural memory, creative economy and cultural activism. Living Treasures: Impart lifetime knowledge through edited and released AV interviews

A b roadening of the genres, Afrika Year provides an exciting introduction to the Afro-Futuristic Content from South Africa. We are on a mission to create new and exciting multi-media resources to share the the uniquely South African philosophy of uBuntu (togetherness). Activism, archives and legacies of Africa as experienced through pioneers and legends, memory and tradition are resurrected through beautiful and compelling short documentaries. Restoring the cultural roots, reviving the unsung heroes and telling uplifting South African stories is filling the gap in Afrocentric education and empowerment.



By providing quality Afrocentric music learning resources, our future generations of leaders, artists, performers and musicians in a target group 14 – 27 can be given the tools and resources required to further their opportunities, know-how and output.



Recorded live in studio providing three levels of activation for participants across multiple target groups. Activations include music education, music incubation and know-how for career stimulation.

Topics covered include S.A Jazz, Rhythm Workshops, Spirituality and Freedom in music, South African music vernaculars, poetry and jazz and shared the tools of organisation, promotion and philosophy. Music Learning resources include a broadening on the music genres, in a quest to cater for all kinds of S.A. music and Pan Africanism, Decolonisation, AfroCentricity and African Humanity as pillars for making African music that endures and looks ahead.

An engaging education documentary style combines the heavily insightful heritage archives and interviews together with the vivid excitement of live recording, oral history and audio-visual documentation. A well-researched production of documentation of South African living treasures in the fields of philosophy, spirituality, development practices, indigenous knowledge systems, music, healing, cultural memory, creative economy and cultural activism. The work is relevant to audiences of all ages. It is targeted to the specific engagement of university students, scholars, community centres, academies, entrepreneurs and young professionals aged 18 – 35.

Prince Lengoasa

Trumpeter

What a beautiful initiative.You folks are doing some great work.

Tu Nokwe

Vocalist Songwriter

Teaching and opening the minds of the young and old is a big contribution to the human race. We appreciate your generosity, expertise and humility.

Glenn Ujebe Masokoane

Film-maker

Building free quality education is commendable. Amandla.

Vusi Macingwane Mchunu

Poet Heritage Practitioner

Be proud of this content, the diversity of voices, of music genres, the depth in the African music approach and practice.

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