The 1960s is a significant era in Abdullah Ibrahim’s story. It’s a time when the South African master’s international career as a jazz pianist was gradually established and he laid the foundations for ...

The pianist who made a homeland’s music—from District Six to Congo Square. Abdullah Ibrahim, the South African pianist, composer and bandleader, died in Bavaria, Germany, on 15 June 2026. He was born ...

The pianist and bandleader, who has died aged 91, had an inimitable style where bright, guileless melody met a fearless improvisational impulse South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim dies aged 91 ...

Starting with “That Smell” in 1966, he wrote with stark power about themes of repression in the Egyptian police state. By Adam Nossiter Sonallah Ibrahim, an Egyptian novelist who chronicled with ...