“It’s been 14 years since the iconic kwaito pioneers Bongo Maffin last released a full-length album but the quartet hasn’t missed a step with From Bongo with Love. Now, I get that for some of you, Bongo Maffin is Van Halen and you’re Billie Eilish, but whether you grew up with them or whether this is your introduction to the living legends, From Bongo with Love is an album that should be in every South African’s collection.
Often, after a band has been on hiatus, reunions are cash-grabs and the love and comradery that created the original songs you connected with are no longer there. That just simply isn’t the case with this album. I’m sure many of you know about the various tensions between band members over the years, but when one listens to From Bongo with Love, it sounds like those tensions have dissipated with everyone getting equal chance to shine.”
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