{
  "id": 7108906,
  "title": "From townships to TikTok, South Africa's amapiano gets the world dancing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/from-townships-to-tiktok-south-africas-amapiano-gets-the-world-dancing",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-13T12:18:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RFI English",
    "slug": "rfi-english",
    "url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20260913-from-townships-to-tiktok-as-south-africa-amapiano-gets-the-world-dancing"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Amapiano dancers across South Africa are helping a sound born in the country's black townships reach audiences far beyond its borders – one viral challenge at a time. Short routines filmed in homes, schools and public spaces are spreading across social media, giving musicians another way to promote a genre that's now a global hit.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}