{"id":122522,"date":"2018-09-13T02:47:38","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T00:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/africans-are-making-a-rich-contribution-to-australias-contemporary-soundtrack-the-conversation\/"},"modified":"2018-09-13T02:47:38","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T00:47:38","slug":"africans-are-making-a-rich-contribution-to-australias-contemporary-soundtrack-the-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/africans-are-making-a-rich-contribution-to-australias-contemporary-soundtrack-the-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"Africans are making a rich contribution to Australia’s contemporary soundtrack | The Conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africans are making a rich contribution to Australia’s contemporary soundtrack<\/a>: <\/p>\n

Egyptian-born Australian musician, Joseph Tawadros.<\/span> josephtawadros.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In recent years, increasing numbers of people have moved from all parts of Africa to Australia. The largest numbers have come from South Africa, Sudan, South Sudan, Zimbabwe, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Sierra Leone. <\/p>\n

Two years ago as many as 380 000 people indicated in a census that they were born in Africa. The migrants have enriched communities and all areas of cultural life in Australia, including music.<\/p>\n

African Australians contribute to all major musical genres. Among many others, the diverse artists who have attained success include Timomatic, Sampa The Great, Nhatty Man, Ajak Kwai, Ras Jahknow and Joseph Tawadros. <\/p>\n

Timomatic<\/h2>\n

Nigerian-born singer-songwriter, dancer and actor Timomatic (Tim Omaji) migrated to Australia as an infant. As a child Timomatic played percussion in his family band. He also sang and danced. In his early twenties, he rose to prominence through success in reality television shows. Timomatic went on to establish himself as a leading figure in dance pop, production and musical theatre, as well as taking on TV judging roles. <\/p>\n

He will soon play the role of South African activist Sam Onatou in MADIBA the Musical \u2013 A Celebration of the Life of Nelson Mandela. <\/p>\n

Timomatic\u2019s own tracks are mainly love and attraction songs for the dancefloor. However, he sometimes moves into autobiographical territory, as with his 2012 track \u201cRest Of Our Lives\u201d:<\/p>\n

\n

Coming from nothing, living alone<\/p>\n

Working \u2018til daylight, writing my songs<\/p>\n

Posters of MJ up on my wall<\/p>\n

And after fighting all these years<\/p>\n

I\u2019m finally here!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n