She was born in Bulawayo, (Southern Rhodesia, nowadays Zimbabwe), the fourth of seven children, and her mother was Zulu while her father was a Zambian hotel chef. Still, she attended a Catholic school deemed good by the standards of education allowed blacks. Her family moved to South Africa when she was 12 due to her health. By the time she was 19 she was touring in South Africa with singers she had admired as a girl.
Masuka's music was popular in South Africa throughout the 1950s, but when her songs became more serious, the government began questioning her. Her song "Dr. Malan," mentioning difficult laws, was banned and in 1961 she sang a song for Patrice Lumumba, which led to her exile. This exile lasted 31 years in total during which she lived in Zambia and worked as a flight attendant. She returned to Zimbabwe in 1980 after independence. Many of her songs are in the Ndebele language or Sindebele languages.
In August 2011, Dorothy Masuka and Mfundi Vundla, creator of the popular South African soap opera Generations, confirmed plans to make a film of Masuka's life. The film would concentrate on the years 1952 to 1957.
On 27 April 2017 she featured in the concert "The Jazz Epistles featuring Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya" at The Town Hall, New York City, opening the show and delivering "one passionate performance after another, warming up and winning over the crowd".
Ufikizolo
Dorothy Masuka Lyrics
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Buy'ekhaya bathi Jerry wami
Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya
Jerry wami (Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
Bathi Jerry wami (Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
Bathi Jerry wami (Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
Ha de ye de ya da (Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
Wen'uzawuzisola (Uzawusola ngenyimini)
Bathi Jerry wami (Uzawusola ngenyimini)
Bathi Jerry wami (Uzawusola ngenyimini)
Mus'ukumamela sthandwa (Mus'ukumamel'iintetho zabantu)
Ungazimameli (Mus'ukumamel'iintetho zabantu)
Ungazimameli (Mus'ukumamel'iintetho zabantu)
Ntetho zabantu (Mus'ukumamel'iintetho zabantu)
Bathi buya kum (Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
Ha de ye de ya da (Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
Bathi Jerry ungowami (Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
Bathi Jerry wami (Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
Buyela kum sthandwa (Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
Bathi Jerry wami (Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
Ha de ye de ya da (Mus'ukumamel'iintetho zabantu)
Ungazimameli (Mus'ukumamel'iintetho zabantu)
Bathi Jerry wami (Mus'ukumamel'iintetho zabantu)
Jerry wam (Mus'ukumamel'iintetho zabantu)
Jerry wam (Mus'ukumamel'iintetho zabantu)
(Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
Bathi buyela kum (Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
Wena Jerry wami (Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
Bathi Jerry wami (Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
Ha de ye de ya da (Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
Da di za do bo ya (Mus'ukumamel'iintetho zabantu)
Uzawuzisola (Uzawusola ngenyimini)
Bathi Jerry wami (Uzawusola ngenyimini)
Bathi Jerry wami (Uzawusola ngenyimini)
The lyrics to Dorothy Masuka's song Ufikizolo describe the longing and anticipation for the return of a loved one named Jerry. Throughout the song, people are asking when Jerry is planning to come back home, expressing their love for him and pleading for him to return. There is a sense of urgency in the repetition of the phrase "mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya" which means "you must come home."
The lyrics also contrast the individual love and affection for Jerry with the expectations and opinions of the larger community, represented by the phrase "mus'ukumamel'iintetho zabantu" which means "don't mind the opinions of people." This suggests that there may be some external factors or pressures that are preventing Jerry from returning home or complicating the situation.
The song is a powerful expression of longing, love and hope but also of social expectations and pressures. It speaks to the universal human experience of missing a loved one, while also highlighting the impact that social norms and expectations can have on our relationships.
Line by Line Meaning
Jerry, Jerry, Jerry, Jerry ungowami
Jerry, Jerry, Jerry, Jerry my friend
Buy'ekhaya bathi Jerry wami
People at home say my name is Jerry
Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya
I need to go home
Jerry wami (Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
My friend Jerry (I need to go home)
Bathi Jerry wami (Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
They say Jerry, my friend (I need to go home)
Ha de ye de ya da (Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
I need to go home
Bathi Jerry ungowami (Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
They say Jerry, my friend (I need to go home)
Wen'uzawuzisola (Uzawusola ngenyimini)
Who will take me home?
Bathi Jerry wami (Uzawusola ngenyimini)
They say Jerry, my friend (Who will take me home?)
Bathi Jerry wami (Uzawusola ngenyimini)
They say Jerry, my friend (Who will take me home?)
Mus'ukumamela sthandwa (Mus'ukumamel'iintetho zabantu)
My darling, listen carefully (Listen to the words of the people)
Ungazimameli (Mus'ukumamel'iintetho zabantu)
Do not be deceived (Listen to the words of the people)
Ungazimameli (Mus'ukumamel'iintetho zabantu)
Do not be deceived (Listen to the words of the people)
Ntetho zabantu (Mus'ukumamel'iintetho zabantu)
The opinions of the people (Listen to the words of the people)
Bathi buya kum (Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
They say come back to me (I need to go home)
Ha de ye de ya da (Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
I need to go home
Bathi Jerry ungowami (Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
They say Jerry, my friend (I need to go home)
Bathi Jerry wami (Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
They say Jerry, my friend (I need to go home)
Buyela kum sthandwa (Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
Come back to me, my love (I need to go home)
Bathi Jerry wami (Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
They say Jerry, my friend (I need to go home)
Ha de ye de ya da (Mus'ukumamel'iintetho zabantu)
I need to listen carefully (Listen to the words of the people)
Ungazimameli (Mus'ukumamel'iintetho zabantu)
Do not be deceived (Listen to the words of the people)
Bathi Jerry wami (Mus'ukumamel'iintetho zabantu)
They say Jerry, my friend (Listen to the words of the people)
Jerry wam (Mus'ukumamel'iintetho zabantu)
My friend Jerry (Listen to the words of the people)
Jerry wam (Mus'ukumamel'iintetho zabantu)
My friend Jerry (Listen to the words of the people)
(Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
(I need to go home)
Bathi buyela kum (Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
They say come back to me (I need to go home)
Wena Jerry wami (Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
You, my friend Jerry (I need to go home)
Bathi Jerry wami (Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
They say Jerry, my friend (I need to go home)
Ha de ye de ya da (Mus'ukuhamba buy'ekhaya)
I need to go home
Da di za do bo ya (Mus'ukumamel'iintetho zabantu)
Nonsense (Listen to the words of the people)
Uzawuzisola (Uzawusola ngenyimini)
Who will take me home?
Bathi Jerry wami (Uzawusola ngenyimini)
They say Jerry, my friend (Who will take me home?)
Bathi Jerry wami (Uzawusola ngenyimini)
They say Jerry, my friend (Who will take me home?)
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on Into Yami (Ngiyayithanda)
Could anyone please share lyrics?