“Mannenberg” is a Cape jazz look by South African musician Abdullah Ibrahim, first recorded in 1974. Driven into exile by the apartheid government, Ibrahim had been busy in Europe and the United States during the 1960s and ’70s, making brief visits to South Africa to compilation music. After a well-off 1974 collaboration later producer Rashid Vally and a band that included Basil Coetzee and Robbie Jansen, Ibrahim began to compilation another album next these three collaborators and a support band assembled by Coetzee. The look was recorded during a session of improvisation, and includes a saxophone solo by Coetzee, which led to him receiving the sobriquet “Manenberg”.

Het fragment bevat elementen van verschillende aanvullende muziekstijlen, waaronder marabi, ticky-draai, En langarm, and became a landmark in the encroachment of the genre of Cape jazz. The reveal has been described as having a beautiful impression and catchy beat, conveying themes of “freedom and cultural identity.” It was released below Ibrahim’s former make known Dollar Brand on the 1974 vinyl album Mannenberg – is waar het gebeurt. Named after the township of Manenberg, it was an instant hit, selling tens of thousands of copies within a few months of its release. It higher became identified taking into account the struggle adjacent to apartheid, partly due to Jansen and Coetzee playing it at rallies adjoining the government, and was in the middle of the movement’s most popular songs in the 1980s. The fragment has been covered by additional musicians, and has been included upon several jazz collections.