SEPTEMBER in SA is Heritage Month, and if previous years are any guide, the occasion will be dominated by an official spotlight on monuments and museums. Of course, it is vital to showcase these, and to locate and preserve more of the fragile and rapidly disappearing relics of our past.We should not forget, however, that heritage does not only exist in the glass cases of museums and on the fenced-off lawns of monuments. Even the much closer past of two or three decades ago, and the apparent ephemera of pop culture form part of heritage — particularly in this country, where the lyrics of pop songs, album covers, concert posters and cassette masters too reflect struggle and resistance.On Wednesday night, the Alliance Française and the South African History Archives (SAHA) launch Shifty September, a tribute to the independent music label that for 30 years has issued some of the most defiant and radical sounds on the popular music landscape, including, 25 years ago, the Voëlvry tour of ...
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