World music in keeping it postive

I just came back from a panel discussion about South African music. Although the musicians speak various languages, much of their music/singing is in English.

I still am not sure if it’s to gain a larger audience, to ride the wave of popularity of American/English speaking singers, or this is the “new” Africa.

I kept thinking of the irony of African-Americans striving to become more “afro-centric”, striving to add more culture of the “homeland” into their lives, while these musicians seem to be trying (at least in the bits that they said and that we saw on video) to become more American.