South Africa: Benjamin Jephta – Born Colored, Not Born-Free

[Afropop] Bassist and composer Benjamin Jephta was "born-free" in 1992 in South Africa, in the post-apartheid era, and grew up in the "colored township" of Mitchell's Plain in Cape Town. The exploration of these terms - "born-free" and "colored" - became the focus and title of his 2023 album, Born Colored, Not Born-Free. As he has described it: "The compositions draws musically from traditional South African styles such as the Ghoema/Cape Jazz and Marabi music as well as modern African music idioms such as Gqom (a