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This Is Africa kicks off 2025 with a rare opportunity to get up close to one of the most influential creatives on the African continent, DJ Maphorisa. He's one of the pioneers of amapiano, the South African genre that fuses deep house, kwaito, and jazz sounds. The scene began underground in parties in Pretoria, and has now exploded globally.

In 2019, Maphorisa joined forces with the immensely talented Kabza de Small to become The Scorpion Kings. They can take a lot of the credit for getting the whole world dancing to amapiano鈥檚 distinctive tempo, repetitive piano melodies and catchy basslines.

In this programme, DJ Maphorisa tells DJ Edu how he realised the potential of amapiano thanks to a comment by his friend Wizkid, the Nigerian Afrobeats superstar. He also describes how he and Kabza de Small work together, and how his collaboration with one of the first female vocalists to feature on amapiano, Sha Sha, was thanks to a chance conversation with a taxi driver.