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Top Billing visits the Roving Bantu Kitchen
Top Billing visits the Roving Bantu Kitchen
A street corner in Brixton is bursting at the seams with the best African food, music, film, art, design and popular culture.
It’s approaching dinner time now and if you love popular South African culture, the tastes and sounds of home then the Roving Bantu Kitchen on a bright little corner in Brixton – is where everything is happening.
This is the home where Sifiso Ntuli has settled. He calls himself the Roving Bantu after a life on the move. From Mpumalanga where he was born, to his youth in Jozi and years in political exile - before returning home to start an eatery, music venue and tour company.
Nearby, Sifiso’s famous Roving Bantu Kitchen stands out from its surrounds thanks to Thabang Selahle’s proudly South African graffiti - featuring great cultural heroes.
This take on Soul food is made up of dishes from across the continent, sourced from local communities. The menu varies broadly, depending on what Sifiso decides to cook on the day.
The other two essential ingredients that brings the venue to life are mbaqanga music and people.
Every day can be different with dedicated Mozambican prawn nights or Thursday film evenings with inexpensive burgers for Wits and University of Johannesburg students.
If you want to touch base with just about every flavour, sound, idea and language that goes into being South African – this is the place to do it.