Yakhal'inkomo: Portrait of a Jazz Classic.

ISBN: 0620650893
  • “Elegant and mesmerising”  Mail & Guardian
  • “Amazing storytelling about a great jazz record”  Radio 702

Yakhal’inkomo – Portrait of a Jazz Classic is a book that explores the impact and story of the iconic jazz album recorded in the winter of 1968 by Cape Town-born saxophonist and composer, Winston Mankunku Ngozi. The album remains one of the most memorable jazz works in the history of South African music. The anthemic title tune became the symbol of both the despair, hope and the spirit of protest that defined black life under apartheid.