A musician playing the flute outdoors, symbolizing the call to remove restrictions on African airline traffic rights.
Their influences, approaches and instruments are different, but South African musicians, Mandla Mlangeni and Louis Mhlanga, love jazz and are at the forefront of reshaping the world’s view of African jazz. As a trumpeter, Mandla Mangeni infuses his music with messages of social consciousness, and as a guitarist, Louis Mhlanga, has inspired generations of musicians with his Jimi Hendrix-influenced style.