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I'm writing a music exam tomorrow and wonder if someone could help me. I need to be able to look at and analyse the different styles of this song and i'm struggling to put a name to some of the South African ones. The Ladysmith Black Mamazo one is clearly isicathamiya and i can recognise the pop and marabi and stuff but would this be kwela?
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@Afrikitty The Linda family got very little compensation. Solomon I believe died penniless. Disney owes them millions if you just calculate the royalties from the movieThe Lion King. It is just another example of the arrogance of "Big Business" in the USA.
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@hermansteytler Well, you need to explain what you mean when you say that Harry Belafonte "gave birth" to this song. Because, actually, he did NOT in any way have anything to do with birthing this song. It was written by an African man, Solomon Linda in 1939 (if my memory serves me correctly) of Johannesburg. The song was stolen from him and a man named Pete Seeger took it to the USA and changed the name from Mbube to Whimowe.
It does have a long history, but the linda family were recompensed!
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@hermansteytler Well, you need to explain what you mean when you say that Harry Belafonte "gave birth" to this song. Because, actually, he did NOT in any way have anything to do with birthing this song. It was written by an African man, Solomon Linda in 1939 (if my memory serves me correctly) of Johannesburg. The song was stolen from him and a man named Pete Seeger took it to the USA and changed the name from Mbube to Whimowe.
It does have a long history, but the linda family were recompensed!
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You've got to have Africa in your DNA, in your blood pulsing through your veins to enyoy this so much! OK Harry Belafonté gave birth to this song but we can really SING it!
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Mango Groove has reconciled me to SuidAfrika being a multi-racial nation. Thank God for The Groove!
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My favourite!
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Dowwnload the audio from this vid at soundnabber doht cohm.
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Claire Johnson IS South African. Thanks Mango Groove for giving tribute to another south african who didnt get the deserved recognition.
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piketamer 3 years ago 8
Wow, I'm taken aback to my younger days....
automan042004 3 years ago 6