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"Shosholoza" is an Nguni song that was sung by the mixed tribes of gold miners in South Africa. It is a mix of Zulu and Ndebele words, and can have various other South African languages thrown in depending on the singers.
The Four Lads' version of Skokiaan became the theme song at "Africa U.S.A. Park", a 300-acre (1.2 km 2) theme park founded in 1953 at Boca Raton, Florida by John P. Pedersen. The song was played all day long in the parking lot as guests arrived and was sold in the gift shop. The park boasted the largest collection of camels in the United States.
The B-side of the 7" version contained Gabriel's version of the Ndebele folk song "Shosholoza", while the 12" version also carried a German vocal version of Gabriel's 1977 track "Here Comes the Flood". [36] "Biko" was included on Gabriel's third solo album Peter Gabriel III (1980) (a.k.a. Melt) released by Charisma Records in 1980.
Coming from a musical family, his love for music began at an early age. [1] Makhathini has performed with Zim Ngqawana , Simphiwe Dana , Feya Faku , and McCoy Mrubata . Nduduzo completed his Diploma in Jazz Piano at the Durban University of Technology in 2005, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and obtained a PhD in music from the University of Stellenbosch in 2023.
Ipi Tombi (also produced as Ipi N'tombi, both corrupted transliterations of the Zulu iphi ntombi, or "where is the girl?"), is a 1974 musical by South African writers Bertha Egnos Godfrey and her daughter Gail Lakier, telling the story of a young black man leaving his village and young wife to work in the mines of Johannesburg.
South African Idols-winner Elvis Blue recorded an Afrikaans translation of the song with Afrikaans singer Coenie de Villiers entitled "Seëngebed" ("Lord's Blessing") on his third studio album Afrikaans. British a cappella vocal ensemble The King's Singers released a recording of the song, arranged by Neo Muyanga, on their album Finding Harmony.
The original soundtrack erroneously credits all of the music for the film to Johnny Boshoff. Many of the musical contributions appearing in the film were composed by Jack Trombey (a pseudonym for Dutch composer Jan Stoeckart) and feature Fred Mann playing the pan pipes, but were never attributed on the record sleeve. Trombey's compositions were ...
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