Trackimage | Playbut | Trackname | Playbut | Trackname |
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15680434 | Play | Qhwahilahle | 04:20 Tools | |
15680437 | Play | Qhwayilahle (Leave Him Alone) | 00:00 Tools | |
15680438 | Play | Qhwayilahle [Leave Him Alone] | 04:18 Tools | |
15680452 | Play | Qhwayilahle - Moses Mchunu | 04:18 Tools | |
15680444 | Play | Angeke Ngilale Ezintabeni | 02:41 Tools | |
54935443 | Play | Qhwahilahe (Leave Him Alone) | 04:18 Tools | |
15680441 | Play | Inkunzi Emnyama | 02:53 Tools | |
15680445 | Play | Magugu Omhlaba | 02:45 Tools | |
15680446 | Play | Sambamba | 03:05 Tools | |
15680450 | Play | Lishonile Ilanga | 02:53 Tools | |
15680454 | Play | Leave Him Alone | 04:18 Tools | |
15680451 | Play | Emzini Bakhala Ngawe | 02:27 Tools | |
15680443 | Play | Ekhweni Lami | 02:43 Tools | |
15680447 | Play | Ngibuyile Baba | 02:39 Tools | |
15680442 | Play | Amagama | 02:44 Tools | |
15680448 | Play | Kuhle Ukuzenzela | 02:41 Tools | |
54935444 | Play | Sibanqoba ngamunye | 02:41 Tools | |
54935445 | Play | Ohwahilahe (Leave Him Alone) | 02:41 Tools | |
15680461 | Play | Usuthu | 03:45 Tools | |
54935452 | Play | Uyayibona lentombi | 02:28 Tools | |
54935450 | Play | Kabulala umuzi ka baba | 02:35 Tools | |
54935447 | Play | Usitshela amaganyana | 02:35 Tools | |
54935448 | Play | Kulezo ntaba | 02:35 Tools | |
54935446 | Play | Yashisa igugu intombi yami | 02:41 Tools | |
15680449 | Play | Ngizula Nomhlaba | 02:29 Tools | |
15680439 | Play | Sibongile | 02:35 Tools | |
15680463 | Play | Impi Yomgangela | 03:46 Tools | |
15680462 | Play | Hambani Niyokweshela | 03:57 Tools | |
54935454 | Play | Zophela i'mpondo zenyanga | 03:57 Tools | |
54935456 | Play | Musukukhala | 03:57 Tools | |
54935449 | Play | Siyavuma | 02:35 Tools | |
15680440 | Play | Qinisa Mkhiza | 02:28 Tools | |
54935453 | Play | Gijima mfana | 02:28 Tools | |
54935451 | Play | Yekelani inzondo | 02:28 Tools | |
54935455 | Play | Umona usuka esweni | 03:57 Tools | |
15680464 | Play | Izulu Lezandla | 04:56 Tools | |
54935457 | Play | Angeke Ngilale Ezintabeni (I Won't Sleep In The Mountains) | 03:57 Tools | |
87512480 | Play | Woza Uhlale Nami | 04:56 Tools | |
87512481 | Play | Okomkami Lokho | 04:56 Tools | |
89447557 | Play | Uphumaphi Wena | 04:56 Tools | |
89447558 | Play | Nginjenje Njena | 04:56 Tools | |
54935458 | Play | Angeke Ngilale Ezintabeni (I Won't Sleep in the Mountains) [South Africa / Zulu] | 04:56 Tools | |
54935459 | Play | Qhwayilahle / Leave Him Alone | 04:56 Tools |
'60s Africa found the Zulu and Sotho beginning to incorporate the influences of African American R&B, jazz, and blues into their traditional, indigenous music. New styles such as township jazz, pennywhistle street music, Kwela, and marabi were formed. Eventually, these myriad styles coalesced to create a new hybrid pop music that came to be known as mbaqanga. Though mbaqanga employs the traditional instrumentation of Western pop (guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, and vocals), the approach to song structure and rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic phrasing is uniquely African. Recorded between 1981 and 1984, THE INDESTRUCTIBLE BEAT OF SOWETO is the first (and arguably the best) of a slew of South African pop recordings that soon followed. Characterized by insistent, rhythmically complex beats, elastic, burbling basslines, tight, ska-sounding guitar accompaniment, and thick, multi-part vocals, this music is as intriguing as it is appealing. Groups with such names as Udokotela Shange Namajaha and Amaswazi Emvelo serve up bright, infectious melodies and percussively insistent tracks that are clearly intended for dancing. Though this "pop" may at first seem strange to Western ears, repeated listens reveal its true nature: rich, individual, joyous, and simply wonderful music. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.