What distinguishes Maqoma from his equally distinguished young peers is his intelligently provocative exploration of kinetic African identity where the rural impinges on the urban, where the hallowed intersects with the popular. In this context ritual is at home in an Armani suit, Kwaito rhythms take on classical ballet steps (and win !), issues of colonialism, gender and identity are parodied, probed and silhouetted with sparkling irony.

Adrienne Sichel
Specialist writer
The Star, Johannesburg, January 2002