A renewed interest in his African roots led Masekela to collaborate with West and Central African musicians, and finally to reconnect with Southern African players when he set up with the help of Jive Records a mobile studio in Botswana, just over the South African border, from 1980 to 1984. Here he re-absorbed and re-used mbaqanga strains, a style he continued to use following his return to South Africa in the early 1990s.
a renewed interest in his african roots led masekela to collaborate with west and central african musicians and finally to reconnect with southern african players when he set up with the help of jive records a mobile studio in botswana just over the south african border from 1980 to 1984 here he re-absorbed and re-used mbaqanga strains a style he continued to use following his return to south africa in the early 1990s