The Ghetto Dream Maker

In times of political upheaval, many people take refuge in music, and in South Africa, an entire musical movement has grown out of the nation’s first tumultuous decade following the end of apartheid. The music is called kwaito, and its biggest star is a man known as Zola, who personifies all the anger, confusion, and hope of the impoverished black township residents who are wondering whatever happened to the promises of post-apartheid prosperity.