50th Anniversary of Soweto Youth Uprising with Bokani Dyer Trio
About This Event
At Dizzy's Club, the Bokani Dyer Trio presents a program commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Soweto Youth Uprising. Dyer, a Motswana–South African pianist, composer and producer, works in a jazz idiom that incorporates electronic, R&B, salsa and classical elements; in trio format the performance foregrounds his compositional approach and group interplay.
About 50th Anniversary of Soweto Youth Uprising
At Dizzy’s Club, pianist-composer Bokani Dyer brings his trio to a program marking 50 years since the Soweto Youth Uprising, a watershed moment in South Africa’s struggle against apartheid. Dyer, a Motswana–South African artist, works from a jazz foundation while drawing on electronic production, R&B, salsa, and classical language, shaping the trio as both band and archive. The set functions as commemoration rather than reenactment, tracing how political memory lives in sound. In New York, the context matters: this music arrives as testimony within a city’s ongoing dialogue with the global history of resistance.
About the Artist
Bokani Dyer
Bokani Dyer, is a Motswana-South African pianist, composer and music producer. He creates jazz music containing elements of electronic, R&B, salsa and classical music.