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Xhosa music has long been a major part of the music of South Africa, especially in the field of jazz. Since olden times, singing has been a tradition and part of culture among the Xhosas. Xhosa music is characteristically expressive and communicative which includes rhythmical expression of words and sounds.
The song is known world-wide thanks to the interpretation of South African singer Miriam Makeba (herself a Xhosa). In her discography the song appears in several versions, both with the title Qongqothwane and as The Click Song. The song was written and originally performed by The Manhattan Brothers who made it famous across Africa. Miriam was ...
Maxine McGregor: Chris McGregor and the Brotherhood of Breath: My life with a South African jazz pioneer. Flint, MI: Bamberger Books, 1995; ISBN 0-917453-32-8; David Dargie: Xhosa Music. Cape Town and Johannesburg: David Philip, 1988; ISBN 0-86486-102-8; Lars Rasmussen: Jazz People of Cape Town. Copenhagen: The Booktrader, 2003. ISBN 87-984539-9-8
Its music video was uploaded to YouTube on September 27, 2013. "Impilo" was released on November 1, 2013, as the album's second single. The accompanying music video for the song features cameo appearances from TS Records dignitaries, and was uploaded to YouTube at a total length of 3 minutes and 48 seconds.
Zahara's music is classified loosely as "Afro-soul" and she sang in her native language, Xhosa, as well as in English. [11] Her music has been described as a mixture of styles popularized by Tracy Chapman and India Arie. [12] Zahara started her career busking on the streets of East London. She was signed to the label TS Records by TK Nciza. [13]
At that time, jazz was the most popular style of music in the urban areas of South Africa, especially in these shebeens. So, jazz got fused with African traditional music creating a new style of music called "Marabi" a musical style and dance genre. By the end of the 1920s, marabi music had become wildly popular in the shebeens.
An early use of jazz as an anti-apartheid tool was the production of a musical entitled King Kong. [2] Written as a social commentary on young black South Africans, much of the music was arranged and performed by famous South African jazz musicians, including all the members of the Jazz Epistles, minus bandleader Abdullah Ibrahim.
Margaret Singana (1938 – 22 April 2000), born Margaret M'cingana, was a South African musician.She is perhaps best known for her Xhosa song "Hamba Bhekile". An English-language version of the song, "We Are Growing", was used as soundtrack to the South African TV series Shaka Zulu.