Sounding Joburg: In lieu of an editorial note

When I finally have a moment at the table for this note, Kujenga's Night at the Marketplace starts playing.

- Fezokuhle Mthonti

My Spotify playlist is as eclectic as I am. Lots of jazz, too much pop, lots of blues, too much Nina Simone, not enough Miriam Makeba, some punk-filled Busi Mhlongo and of course filled with Zoè Modiga.

So this will read like a stream of consciousness. I hope that's ok. I am also playing with form here as I listen to this truly excellent portal into Postcolonial Jazz on the continent so this is perhaps a meditation on form, citational practice, rhythm, repetition and writing for the internet when books continue to be unattainable because of capitalism.