uMgqashiyo (Mbaqanga, African Jive), Swaziland, 1973

"Well known from Radio Bantu in South Africa are the Zulu Bands with Black Mambaza and Mahlatini with the Mahotella Queens from Johannesburg....". These scenes were recorded with an old 8 mm camera (without sound) at the Swazi Show in Manzini on 5 september 1973; sound, including my commentary, was added later from tape recordings I had made from the radio in previous years and later filmed from a screen with an analogue video camera. The image and sound quality is therefore poor for which I apologise. The opening scene is in my native Dutch (translated above). For (better quality) photos of Swaziland go to http://worldpics.com.au/Africa/Swaziland/.

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[Ayanfe13]

nice post, Love the music...very rare now

[MUZALA]

Reminds me of the king of groaners oured the then rohdesia (now feeeeble Zimbabwe),drove my uncle bonkers,thanx for the post luitzenk