“Mannenberg” is a Cape jazz reveal by South African musician Abdullah Ibrahim, first recorded in 1974. Driven into exile by the apartheid government, Ibrahim had been buzzing in Europe and the United States during the 1960s and ’70s, making brief visits to South Africa to scrap book music. After a thriving 1974 collaboration as soon as producer Rashid Vally and a band that included Basil Coetzee and Robbie Jansen, Ibrahim began to baby book another album in the song of these three collaborators and a backing band assembled by Coetzee. The reveal was recorded during a session of improvisation, and includes a saxophone solo by Coetzee, which led to him receiving the sobriquet “Manenberg”.

The fragment incorporates elements of several supplementary musical styles, including marabi, ticky-draai, and langarm, and became a landmark in the progress of the genre of Cape jazz. The reveal has been described as having a beautiful reveal and catchy beat, conveying themes of “freedom and cultural identity.” It was released below Ibrahim’s former proclaim Dollar Brand on the 1974 vinyl album Mannenberg – Is Where It’s Happening. 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 far ahead became identified taking into consideration the struggle against apartheid, partly due to Jansen and Coetzee playing it at rallies neighboring the government, and was accompanied by the movement’s most popular songs in the 1980s. The fragment has been covered by supplementary musicians, and has been included on several jazz collections.