Sebai Bai - Mahotella Queens (South African music)

Sebai Bai

Mahotella Queens

Kumnyama Endlini

Sebai Bai

Safari Yangu

Masibambaneni

Umona

Dlhaya Mhunu

Town Hall

Awungibhaleli Ngani

Mab’Amantsentse

Love Emotion

Waze Wangidelela

Kukhona Intombi

Lwaze Lwafika

Vocal: Hilda Tloubatla, Mildred Mangxola, Nobesuthu Mbadu

Drum: Theko Masithhyane

Keyboards: Makhotsonke Mbuyisa

Guitar: Victor Mkhize

Bass Guitar: Madoda Ntshingila

The Mahotella Queens are part of the legend of urban South African music. Mahlathini (the “Lion of Soweto”) and the musicians of the Makgona Tsothle Band invented in the early 60s the Mbaquanga, a strong magic potion and an explosive mix of various types of traditional music (Zulu, Sotho, Shangaan, Xhosa…), Marabi (South African jazz) as well as rhythm and blues, Soul, American Gospel, highly popular in the Townships. The irresistible and overpowering swing of this group, revealed in Europe in 1986, has delighted and won audiences over the world. Heroes of the cultural resistance to the Apartheid, idols of the black communities during the dark years, they’ve hit the international stage like a bomb!

In 1987, the producer West Nkosi – saxophonist, penny-whistle player (a traditional metal flute) and conductor of the Makgona Tsothle Band – took advantage of a stay in Paris to cut the record “Paris – Soweto” for the French label Celluloid – which opened the way to the group’s hit “Kazet” that travelled to the four corners of the globe.

And one suddenly discovers, to a hellish rhythm, a unique, energetic and powerful music, Marks Mankwane’s whirling guitar style, Mahlathini’s “groaner’s” voice and the subtle and velvety vocal harmonies of the Mahotella Queens; an incredibly colourful show backed up by wild traditional costumes and hair styles and madcap choreography. One discoves these attaching, exceptional stars who crossed, without anger or bitterness, one of the darkest periods of South Africa, enabling an entire oppressed people to still be able to dance, dream and resist.

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