Season 5
Afro Café is a South African music variety show hosted by Pepsi Pokane which combines music videos and features with interviews of up-and-coming artists.
The show premiered on SABC2 on Monday 4 July 2005, at 22h00. It remained on Mondays until Season 4, when it was moved to Sundays (retaining its 22h00 timeslot). It was moved to Tuesdays for Season 5.
Season 5 premiered on SABC2 on Tuesday 25 March 2008, at 22h00.
Synopsis
Afro Café is more than just a music programme - it blends the best music Africa has to offer with a talk show, interviewing artists and up and coming musicians as part of the show.
Presented in English and Sotho the show aims to showcase new African music talent, with the focus on music breaking down cultural boundaries.
Afro Café is also a vehicle to highlight up-and-coming artists and venues of interest.
Each one-hour edition is a mixed bag of live music, music videos, artist interviews and related inserts.