Ekasi Lam`: An Ode to Kwaito Un-owed to Kwaito

A close and in-depth listening and reading to the leading figures in the canon would illuminate to one that the form is rich in its broad address of varied themes, concepts and plots.

Its poetics are as mesmerizing as they are relevant. The textures of its sound are so unique that only it can validate their existence. Following a distinctive pattern of delivery, its speech is much more than just music, it is as though every song fossilizes unique urban memories into its every grove and pattern that weaves it.

Much like Hip-Hop music, Kwaito is an agent for social commentary through its lyrics and the statements of the movement (and its practitioners) stands for.