Innodo – Course of Events [IX]: INFLUENCE IN SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS

Innodo – Course of Events [IX]: INFLUENCE IN SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS

Ndebele Woman at Lesedi Cultural Village, South Africa, Edited

Music is food to the ears and that is a phrase used by many music Artists and listeners alike. Recently I was listening to a group called Thembeni Boys in their Album entitled NgiMntwana KaNabani. I have to say that the Thembeni Boys are among the best Ndebele Traditional music singers as far as I know. I once wrote about them in the article entitled uMnganga / eMngangeni. One thing I like about old music is that it takes you back to the olden times even though you were not born at that time but it makes the mind to envisage the life in those days. I learnt that the longer you are detached from your people, is the more your heart gets close to them. Be it in exile or studying abroad home-sickness can be relieved by listening to the music that you love most. We know that many songs in the olden days were protest songs from tribe to tribe. A much clear understanding of this can be grasped after listening to all the African Renaissance Albums from SABC (South African Broadcasting Corporation).

 

·         African Renaissance Volume 1:Zulu

·         African Renaissance Volume 2:Venda

·         African Renaissance Volume 3:South Sotho & Tswana

·         African Renaissance Volume 4:Xhosa & Swazi

·         African Renaissance Volume 5:Ndebele & North Sotho

·         African Renaissance Volume 6:Tsonga & Maskanda

·         African Renaissance Volume 7:Mbube

·         African Renaissance Volume 8:Traditional Dances, Wedding & Courtship Songs

·         African Renaissance Volume 9:Nguni Choral & Mbhaqanga

·         African Renaissance Volume 10:Ngoma & Indigenous Instruments

From the above Albums you will find great Artists such as Koernag NamaDlanga, Mafutjhana and many more.  I would suggest getting the Thembeni Boys Album, NgiMntwana Kanabani and listen to praises for icons such as Nelson Mandela and others.