CNN

The story behind Master KG’s ‘Jerusalema,’ one of the most Shazamed songs in the world

One night in 2019, DJ Kgaogelo Moagi, better known as Master KG, called up singer Nomcebo to come to his Johannesburg studio to record a song. “‘But it’s very late,’” Nomcebo recalled telling him.
Variety

South African Actors, Crew Unite to Produce ‘Jerusalema’ Dance Film (EXCLUSIVE)

While international film and TV shoots have been halted in South Africa for the past six months due to a ban on foreign flights during the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the local industry have found a ...
Rolling Stone

How South Africa’s ‘Jerusalema’ Became a Global Hit Without Ever Having to Be Translated

Just around 10 million people speak isiZulu, a language out of South Africa. So how did a song in the little-known dialect become a hit with billions of people around the world? The song in question ...
The New York Times

Millions Danced Joyfully to Her Song. She Drew on Her Pain to Write It.

Nomcebo Zikode, the South African singer of the pandemic hit “Jerusalema” that inspired a global dance challenge, wrote the chorus while battling her own depression. By Lynsey Chutel Reporting from ...
Los Angeles Times

Movie review: ‘Gangster’s Paradise: Jerusalema,’ a ‘Goodfellas’ for South Africa

The story of a township boy-turned-slumlord millionaire, “Gangster’s Paradise: Jerusalema” is a South African crime epic with plenty of vigor, violence and vengeance, as one might expect from a ...
Houston Chronicle

Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema

When we last left Johannesburg, humans were oppressing aliens in District 9. Now that humans are back to fighting humans, life is even more grim. In South Africa's Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema, ...
Variety

Oscar gets trip to ‘Jerusalema’

JOHANNESBURG — Ralph Ziman’s “Jerusalema” is South Africa’s submission for consideration in the foreign film category at the Oscars. Like the country’s previous Oscar winner, “Tsotsi,” “Jerusalema” is ...