Ka mokhoa o sebete oa ho phahamisa sehloa sa mmino oa motjeko oa Afrika Borwa, label ea rekhoto e sa tsoa qala, Dance Afrika, e etsa maqhubu a maholo joalo ka sesosa sa moloko o latelang oa talenta ea mmino. E thehiloe ka bobeli ke baetsi ba mmino ba bohlale, Julian Green le Lesedi Moselane, Dance Afrika ha se label feela, ke mokhatlo o ikemiselitseng ho sibolla, ho ntlafatsa le ho hlahisa matlo a maholo a mmino oa motjeko ka tatso e khethehileng ea Afrika Borwa. E phatlalalitsoe mathoasong a Phupu 2025, label ena e itokiselitse ho fetola maikutlo a lefatše ka bophara ka lirithimi tsa Afrika, haholo-holo mefuteng ea mmino joalo ka Amapiano, Afro-house, le mmino oa motjeko oa elektronike.
Mosebetsi oa mantlha oa Dance Afrika o thehiloe ho ananeleng ka botebo lefa la mmino la Afrika Borwa. Label ena e batla ho koala lekhalo pakeng tsa talenta ea lehae le limmaraka tsa machaba ka ho fana ka mokhoa o mocha oa tsamaiso ea baetsi ba mmino le tlhahiso ea mmino. Ho fapana le lileibole tsa setso tse atisang ho etelletsa pele lipina tse tsebahalang ka khoebo, Dance Afrika e toboketsa ntlafatso ea nako e telele ea baetsi ba mmino, ka ho ba fa lisebelisoa tsa ho ngola lipina, tlhahiso, le ho hlahisa lefatšeng ka bophara. “Ha re saene baetsi ba mmino feela; re haha lefa,” ho bolela Julian Green puisanong ea morao-rao le Texx and the City. Lesedi Moselane o eketsa ka ho re: “Pono ea rona ke ho theha sethala seo lirithimi tsa Afrika li ka utloahalang lefatšeng ka bophara ha li ntse li boloka metso ea tsona.”
Lenane la pele la label le kenyelletsa linaleli tse hlahang joalo ka DJ Thulani, eo lirithimi tsa hae tsa Amapiano li seng li hapile tlhokomelo lipolaneteng tse joalo ka Spotify, le sebini Siphe Mkhize, eo lipina tsa hae tsa Afro-house tse nang le moea li boletsoeng esale pele hore li tla laola mekete ea machaba. Dance Afrika e boetse e tsetela ho li-studio tsa sejoale-joale tsa Johannesburg, tse nang le theknoloji ea maemo a holimo ho ts’ehetsa baetsi ba mmino ho etsa litlhahiso tsa boleng bo holimo. Ho feta moo, label ena e entse litšebelisano le li-platform tsa ho phallela tsa lefatše ka bophara ho netefatsa hore baetsi ba eona ba fihlela bamameli ba Europe, Amerika Leboea, le ho feta.
E ’ngoe ea lintlha tse hlahelletseng tsa Dance Afrika ke lenaneo la eona la boeletsi, le kopanyang baetsi ba mmino ba bacha le litsebi tsa indasteri. Lenaneo lena ha le fane feela ka koetliso ea tekhenikale, empa le toboketsa ho tsamaea ka har’a mathata a indasteri ea mmino, ho tloha melaong ea litokelo tsa bangoli ho ea ho ho aha lebitso. “Indasteri e ka ba tsela e rarahaneng,” ho bolela Moselane. “Re batla hore baetsi ba rona ba atlehe, eseng ho phela feela.” Boitlamo bona ba ho matlafatsa bo se bo hohetse tlhokomelo ho tsoa ho lileibole tsa machaba, ka menyenyetsi ea hore ho ka ba le litšebelisano le baetsi ba baholo ba London le Los Angeles.
Nako ea ho qala ha Dance Afrika e bohlokoa. Mmino oa Afrika Borwa, haholo-holo Amapiano, o bone keketseho e makatsang lefatšeng ka bophara, ka baetsi ba mmino joalo ka Tyla le Uncle Waffles ba laolang bamameli ba machaba. Dance Afrika e ikemiselitse ho sebelisa keketseho ena ha e ntse e sebetsana le mathata a lehae, joalo ka litsela tse fokolang tsa ho etela le lichelete tse sa tsitsang, joalo ka ha ho hlalositsoe ke Time Out morao tjena. Ka ho holisa tikoloho ea ts’ehetso, label ena e ipeha boemong ba ho fetola indasteri.
Ha Dance Afrika e ntse e itokisetsa pontšo ea eona ea pele e kholo Moketeng oa Hey Neighbour oa 2025, sechaba sa mmino se tletse ka tebello. Ka boitlamo ba ho nepahala le boqapi, Dance Afrika ha e hlophise bocha mmino oa motjeko oa Afrika Borwa feela—e hloma sethala sa phetoho ea lefatše ka bophara.
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