Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens - Mbaqanga (1991)

[carlafierro7]

such beautiful music .. how can anybody dislike this ?!? almost makes you want to cry .. SOME PEOPLE ARE WALKING AMONG US WITHOUT SOULS .. tis a shame :(

[Leiitoo109]

me fascina, gracias mahotella queens colombia te ama especial cartagena de indias, algun dia los tendremos a qui. dios los bendiga

[kediseng]

malobeng fale santse re apara diaparo tsa keresemose,banna tlhe re latlhegetswe ke kgeleke ya mmino

[GreenmanXIV]

If this don't want to make dance around the room. Then you're dead.....

The Mahotella Queens, class big time......

[Bhambatha1]

Wow I love this kind of music.... it makes me feel proud of my heritage as an african youth.... i love their real deep and rooted voices! unwele olude komama bama hottela queens!

[moilwalk]

that voice is the one

[mrsdarcydepp]

i grew up in senegal and i can't get enough of all african music <3 africa

[ikickknowledge]

great vid Thanks for POST!

[oxFutureMrsEfronxo]

hey! please check out my new video and comment(:

[irreverentreverend]

I'll have to give YouTube credit for one thing, at least. It brings a lot of great international music to the greater populace.

Years ago, thanks to Paul Simon, I was introduced to Ladysmith Black Mambazo and now I find this.

Most of us live sheltered lives when it comes to music of the world.

This is wonderful stuff.

[robert2426]

that sound like fun

[PaPaSEK]

Nice guitar line

[MrAdamWayneGistarb]

I love this. Sounds so happy and loving.

[BoobieWanKenoobi]

Now i know where Paul Simon got the music for the song- Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes.

[msayofemi1]

RIP mahlathini

[JIKUereno]

African music is <3

[artesanito100]

TREMENDO TEMA COMPADRE, SIEMPRE ME HA GUSTADO ESTA MUSICA TAN PEGAJOSA , SALUDOS DESDE BARRANQUILLA COLOMBIA.

[IrianTube]

echt hoor

[ONELOVEONEWORLD4ALL]

Good song. Thanks for this song.

[sasje19995]

3 people missed the like button :(

<3 love this

[GreenmanXIV]

I heard 'Jive Makgona' and the music changed. Peace and Love Mahlathini, but your music is here.

Mahotella Queens, have you ever sung a bad song NO, 'VUSUMUZI' lives in my heart forever. Deep, deep RESPECT, and thank you.......:-)

[mapas18]

muy bueno el video

[mabonga1001]

Yebo!!!! indoda eyabhodla kuqala kunabobonke. lal'uphumule ndoda yamadoda

siyabonga ngokusiph'umnculo wakith'iminyak'emingaka. rest in peace.

[laaajulii]

jajajaja muchos como yo nos reimos de las fronteras y los idiomas, la musica me y nos encuentra en el mismo lugar desde siempre y siempre.........la cultura es la sonrisa que ilumina el corazon......paz,amor y amistad........viva el buen salvaje.......etnocentrismo para europa y solo dentro de sus fronteras y que dejen que los pueblos puedan difundir su cultura........

[barukatube]

This guy has a fantastic voice! unique and original !

[rubencardenasv]

es increible como la musica no tiene frontera es la unica que no necesita visado y ni otros documento para hacentarse en el corazon de la gente 

[KetronWeb]

How did he die a 'poor man' when they had so many hits and him joining this group actually took all of them to greater heights? Does anyone have more details on this? An artist in his position should have been able to get adiquate medication don't you think? More details on his illness, death and 'being poor' would be appriciated. It goes to tell you how manu African artists (despite so much great talent) don't rise as high as they ought to.

[NickLotay]

@KetronWeb

(I'll have to post my comments in two or three parts due to the character limit)

It's a really complicated story, but essentially, all paths lead to exploitation on the part of the producer of the time. The black music industry in South Africa of the 1960s and 1970s was such that the producer - in Mahlathini's case, Rupert Bopape - reaped all the benefits including royalties. The artists were all paid a paltry flat fee.

[NickLotay]

@KetronWeb

(part 2)

Bopape's protege was West Nkosi, who took over the reigns of producer/manager/royalty collector (...) etc. after the international breakthrough of the 'Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens' act in the mid-1980s. Nkosi continued the exploitation and his wealth, at the time already massive enough, grew and grew whilst the performers' incomes remained at a steady and low level. Nkosi left the group in the early '90s but the damage was already done.

[NickLotay]

@KetronWeb

(part 3)

Because of his lack of income, Mahlathini was only able to survive in a small four-roomed house and was perhaps more susceptible to illnesses than most. He was sick for most of the 1990s - visibly so as he lost weight by the bucket load. His death was stated as being due to complications with diabetes. It has to be said that the Mahotella Queens, thanks to much-needed corrections in the system, each have a sustained, growing income - but it's sadly too late for Mahlathini.

[christopher5985]

saw them once in Manchester U.K There was a series of LP'S on Earthworks and

they did a short tour of the U.K Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens with

The Makonga Tshole Band, im suprised there hasnt been a push to re release

this for the up coming World Cup!!!

[inspirewisdom]

These are the groups that kept hope alive for Black South Africans in the dark days of Apartheid.I use to attend their shows when they visited London.

[Muzikinmyears]

I just wonder if Mandozer did not get the inspiration for his vocal style from Malathini

[choclinda]

the music I grew up with... love Mahlathini and the hotel Queens... and all the great music from the townships of SA.

[solomoni77]

great voice

[9186SZ]

Fantastic , what a lovely song from a wonderfull group and Simon Malathini The Lion Of Soweto what a brilliant and unique voice , May you rest in peace

[Bootakill]

beautiful music

From BOOTAKILL to France

[ChanaRules]

I discovered this song in a CD of Putumayo. South Africa has great great music. Greetings from Peru.

[LYNGAOMA]

aoukéa mes années collèges!!!!! ;) LYNG AOMA PDME KOOL REBEL DCSTK REBELS

[ligbagba4]

This song remember me many things,it's

so sad.

[strike84]

The Mighty Lion of Soweto. Sadly missed

[GhettoBee01]

mina ngiphuma eLamonti.

[tracylmcc]

Great song!!  I have loved this for a while I wish I could understand Zulu or Xhosa, but I am just an American who loves South African music, culture, the people and the gorgeous country that is South Africa.

[mafikisa]

Awe..ma, kwathi angipakishe and hit the road to Durban. Izintaba ezikude zingumasithela

[thobekamc]

kuphi netheku? mina Kwa Mashu K section

[mafikisa]

BB eMlazi but ngikhulele eMelmoth...and have lived in 4 provinces emzansi.

[lesizwe]

:) thx for that offer but since i live in germany giving it to me might be a little tricky ;)

but you could upload it on rapishare or somethin like that.

btw, are you xhosa or zulu?

[thobekamc]

im sorry to take me so long im Zulu from South Africa, Durban but my mom is Xhosa

[lesizwe]

although i'm half xhosa i just now learn to know about most of our culture including music.

is anyone able to tell me some good mbaqanga or other south african groups?

[thobekamc]

soul brothers, shwi nomtekhala, ihhashi elimhlophe, mfazi'omnyama. I hope you will enjoy..........

[lesizwe]

thank you a lot for your reply. i will try them and i'm kind of sure i will enjoy ;)

[786gule]

took me back to 1967 salima malawi wow makes me feel young again

[BIGnCHOCOLATE]

Viva CANADA.  This video kinda reminds me of seeing AMAMPONDO at the annual Winnipeg Folk Festival in Manitoba,Canada

[elena07vantrel]

what a treat to see this video! I was so lucky to see them live in Vancouver! it was a natural high to see and dance to them!

[sancambi]

mahlathini's voice! man this guy could roar

[sistersuetube]

I wish I had seen them live!

[zuma84]

ngiyakutshela!!!!!!

[thokothe]

imnandi lengoma

[thobekamc]

ayikukhumbuzi lengoma ekhaya?

[2008emotions]

this is greate.can anyone help eith any website where these can be purchase?

[mteri2000]

Can anyone tell me why was this man died!He died because of what- disease?

[NickLotay]

Mahlathini died in 1999 due to diabetes complications. He also died a poor man... such a shame about the exploitation this great vocalist suffered as he was one of the most talented singers to emerge from South Africa.

[lebogang6]

we R the pioneers of mbaqanga music; & we've been spreading/planting this music all over (the world);& 2day still, we continue2spread/plant this music; in just a short while, we will have been singing4 30years,we R who we R today becoz of all our fans;we R proud of you/we showcase you (our fans) through our music; we still dance our traditional, vigorous dances, even in our old age; in music nobody ages, and so we sing always; that's the secret2our success; we live, eat, breathe our music

[7secondss]

Can anyone tell me how did this man die POOR.

he prob got rip'd off one way or the other.

EVIL WORLD.

[stofpoeper]

Is this awesome or what?

[jeriwho]

Can anybody post what they are singing in English?

[dumitaz]

..., brilliant classic!! hands down!! '..., sidla unculo, wa silala ngonculo, sivuke ngawo, wooo sihamba ngonculo...' LOL

[2008emotions]

please am a lover of south african music.can you help with any website where these videos can be purchase? have been serching for ipì-ntobi(african dance celebration) also.

[esinam81]

try Amazon

[zimempress]

That voice heyi wena...so deep Love it

[thokothe]

unephuza face ubabumahlathini but hey simthandenjalo

[zimempress]

LOL @phuza face yhooo that is so true ...

[mawizba]

this group is two years older than me but suprisingly their music has stood the test of time like castle lager and i still like it cause Africa is in my blood europe is just where we came to sell our slavery skill. viva mzanzi

[Bozewani]

amashumi amane nane amayanka, then.

[Bozewani]

30 years? (amashumi amathathu amayanka?)

Wow

[NickLotay]

Well actually, now that it's 2008, that makes it about 44 years!

[Bozewani]

Ngiyathanda umcula olumMahotella!

[Duncanzibar]

The Indestructible Beat that is Mbaqanga! Had the great pleasure of seeing Mahlathini and his Queens in concert in Amsterdam and San Francisco in the 1990's. Irresistible. Thanks for the posting it has brought back great memories of those concerts.

[Bozewani]

awesome,great melody

[mungwaru]

Lovely music - will miss the roaring Mahlatini (RIP). Please visit Toronto.