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Rainbow revisited: a musical reflection on the Rainbow Nation

鈥淔or me music is a natural sort of therapy鈥�

The South African singer and pianist Thandi Ntuli was surrounded by music as a child 鈥� her grandfather was a key part of the musical scene in Sophiatown, a suburb in Johannesburg known for its music.

She now has a new album out called 鈥楻ainbow Revisited鈥� 鈥� referring to the term coined by the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu 鈥淩ainbow Nation鈥� to describe post-apartheid South Africa 鈥� a nation where its diverse people could live together in harmony, following years of racial segregation.

Now 鈥� nearly thirty years on, with Victoria Uwonkunda, Thandi explores where that optimism has gone 鈥� and what hope there is for the future.

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