Enslaved Africans seeking to reconnect with their lost cultural traditions brought African concepts to instruments in the ...

The American musical art form jazz emerges in New Orleans around the advent of the 20th century. Jazz blends elements from varied traditions, including African and African American, religious ...

Even so, for her, as for other Nation contributors, jazz—or, at least, the jazz they deemed worth discussion—was a white phenomenon, stripped of its African American roots. It would take ...

Throughout its history, CTIJF has become a significant cultural event ... the rich tapestry of global jazz, drawing artists from across Europe, the Americas, and Africa to create a wide mix ...

The inaugural festival, originally named the North Sea Jazz Festival Cape Town, first took place in 2000 as a collaboration with the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands.

The iconic Cape Town International Jazz Festival ... festivals on the African continent. Held annually, it transforms Cape Town into a vibrant hub of musical creativity and cultural celebration ...