Mzwakhe Mbuli
Mzwakhe Mbuli, known as "The People's Poet", is a popular poet and mbaqanga… Read Full Bio ↴Mzwakhe Mbuli, known as "The People's Poet", is a popular poet and mbaqanga singer in South Africa.
"South African pop moves cozy up to African American notions of sophistication, and South African pan-Africanist moves graft a fabricated tradition onto a musical history with no parallel in Africa or anywhere else. Mbuli's fusions are more visionary and more local. Singing or chanting mostly in English or Zulu but occasionally in Xhosa or Venda, his relaxed, pantribal township jive owes all the urban South African styles--mbaqanga, kwela, marabi, even a little mbube. It's pop on South Africa's own terms, too swinging for retro and too jumpy for slick. What's more, this man didn't start out as a musician--like Linton Kwesi Johnson, he's just a poet who loves music enough to do it right. Although he's not as learned as LKJ, his songs are as complete a tour of the apartheid struggle as you're likely to get without reading--and his lyric sheet is a good place to begin." - Robert Christgau
"South African pop moves cozy up to African American notions of sophistication, and South African pan-Africanist moves graft a fabricated tradition onto a musical history with no parallel in Africa or anywhere else. Mbuli's fusions are more visionary and more local. Singing or chanting mostly in English or Zulu but occasionally in Xhosa or Venda, his relaxed, pantribal township jive owes all the urban South African styles--mbaqanga, kwela, marabi, even a little mbube. It's pop on South Africa's own terms, too swinging for retro and too jumpy for slick. What's more, this man didn't start out as a musician--like Linton Kwesi Johnson, he's just a poet who loves music enough to do it right. Although he's not as learned as LKJ, his songs are as complete a tour of the apartheid struggle as you're likely to get without reading--and his lyric sheet is a good place to begin." - Robert Christgau
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Mzwakhe Mbuli Lyrics
God Bless Africa God bless Africa lyrics Mzwakhe Mbuli Our land and sea, Our…
God The Best God the Creator Creator of Heaven and Earth God the covenant…
Ijuba Ijuba lakhal'emthini Ijuba lacul'emthini Ijuba lakhal'emthin…
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Noble Peace Ngizule (Maramba-ramba) Ngizule (Maramba-ramba) Ngizule, zul…
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Ukufa Akwehlanga lungehlanga ma Ukufa akujwayeleki Akwehlanga lung…
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Wars Tears are running down her face now You can see she…
You Came Before I am no longer, longer the same now I have changed…
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