![]() Born in Retreat in 1957, he started writing at age 8, and taught himself music starting at age 21 with a guitar. Loit is a poet, musician, graphic designer, performance artist, Goema lexicologist, and now also radio presenter – he has just started a weekly slot on Radio Sonder Grense, RSG, on Friday mornings 0745 – 0800. ![]() Goema is also derived from the Indonesian “Gumum” meaning murmur, indicative of the drumbeat of dissent among the Cape’s West Indies slave ancestors. The drum, says Loit, is not a drum without the stretched hide. ![]() Goema, the geographically distinct, historically unique, rhythmically inflected, culturally outerclass, irreverent, scatological and deeply spiritual indigenous masala.īrandishing a Khoekhoegowab language dictionary, Loit points to the Khoesan etymology of Goema: “Goma”, meaning the hide of an ox. Goema is what connects Loit and Churchil. The show comes on the tails of Churchil’s debut album release, Kroeskop vol Geraas, and their studio collaboration on the Wasgoedlyn project. The Coffeebeans Routes concert series “If you Can’t See Me, Are You Really There?” opens on Thursday the 25th of June with a goema rymklets folk hip hop collaboration between acclaimed published poet and performer Loit Sols, and Afrikaans hip hop artist Churchil Naude aka Kroeskop, Koos Kombuis’s favourite rapper. The first edition will happen this Thursday at 19:30 Cape Town time. Visit the site at that time (use the previous link to calculate your own time) to participate live, and read up on what Coffeebeans Routes has to say about the first act below!įIRST CONCERT – LOIT SOLS & CHURCHIL NAUDE As we announced earlier this month, Africa is a Country is teaming up with Coffeebeans Routes in Cape Town to bring you a live concert series called “If you can’t see me, are you really there?” And if taping up my mouth works and I learn to nose breathe, I might just get to stop snoring. Her whole family now uses Miller’s techniques when they get stressed!Īnyway, it’s great to get out my head and into my body, cos it feels like I just get sucked into the internet for most of my waking time. I’ve also learned from my wife how to use rubber balls to loosen up my neck and back, which she learned from Jill Miller. It’s better for my concentration and posture, and my neck doesn’t suffer as much. Oh ja, that’s another thing: these days I stand for at least 50% of the day while I work. I still look like a skinny-ass with a boep, so I shudder to think what I would look like if I just sat at my desk! It’s all part of staying strong and positive as I stay clean (17 years now!) and close in on being 60. I’m lucky: my wife, who bought the book, is a movement teacher (check out ) so I get to learn about all sorts of ways to keep myself in better shape, in addition to the 45 minutes of walking I do each morning and 30 minutes of yoga and weights … plus drumming in the evening. I got the tip to stop my jaw dropping from the book The Oxygen Advantage by Patrick McKeown (check his stuff here) whose work is all about improving performance and quality of life by optimising our oxygen and carbon dioxide levels. Ancient tribes nose breathe - only modern humans and over-heating dogs are mouth-breathers. Part of the process is taping up my mouth at night in so doing, I train my brain to breathe through my nose.
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