{"id":134208,"date":"2026-06-12T13:53:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T11:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamboreejazz.com\/evento\/bcuc\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T14:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:03:16","slug":"bcuc","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/jamboreejazz.com\/en\/event\/bcuc\/","title":{"rendered":"BCUC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"13\" data-end=\"175\"><strong>Jovi<\/strong> lead vocals \u00b7 <strong>Hloni<\/strong> backing vocals \u00b7<strong> Kgomotso<\/strong> backing vocals \u00b7 <strong>Luja bass<\/strong> drum and backing vocals \u00b7 <strong>Skhumbuzo<\/strong> bass drum \u00b7 <strong>Cheex<\/strong> congas \u00b7 <strong>Mosebetsi<\/strong> bass guitar<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"177\" data-end=\"491\"><strong>BCUC \u2013 Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness<\/strong> \u2013 have been channeling the spirit of Soweto for over twenty years. Indigenous funk, hip-hop consciousness and punk-rock energy merge into a sound that is both deeply rooted and utterly original. Their motto is clear: \u201cMusic for the people, by the people, with the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"493\" data-end=\"956\">From their humble beginnings rehearsing in a shipping container, just a stone\u2019s throw from the church where Desmond Tutu helped organise the escape of some of the most wanted anti-apartheid activists, they continued to believe in their dream of self-determination and empowerment. Today, they perform at major international festivals including Glastonbury Festival, Roskilde Festival, Afropunk Brooklyn, WOMAD, Sziget Festival and Couleur Caf\u00e9, among many others.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"958\" data-end=\"1178\">In 2023,<strong> BCUC<\/strong> received the prestigious WOMEX Artist Award, an honour usually reserved for artists with longer-established careers, in recognition of their fearless work and their exceptionally powerful live performances.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1180\" data-end=\"1201\"><em><strong data-start=\"1180\" data-end=\"1201\">Standing concert.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jovi lead vocals \u00b7 Hloni backing vocals \u00b7 Kgomotso backing vocals \u00b7 Luja bass drum and backing vocals \u00b7 Skhumbuzo bass drum \u00b7 Cheex congas \u00b7 Mosebetsi bass guitar BCUC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":134209,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"tags":[62,100,73,63],"estado_evento":[281],"tribe_events_cat":[52],"class_list":["post-134208","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-funk","tag-hip-hop","tag-rock","tag-soul","estado_evento-destacat","tribe_events_cat-concert","cat_concert"],"acf":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamboreejazz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/134208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamboreejazz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamboreejazz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamboreejazz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jamboreejazz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/134208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134216,"href":"https:\/\/jamboreejazz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/134208\/revisions\/134216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamboreejazz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamboreejazz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamboreejazz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134208"},{"taxonomy":"estado_evento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamboreejazz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/estado_evento?post=134208"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamboreejazz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=134208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}