60s Africa found the Zulu and Sotho beginning to incorporate the influences… Read Full Bio ↴60s Africa found the Zulu and Sotho beginning to incorporate the influences of African American R&B, jazz, and blues into their traditional, indigenous music. New styles such as township jazz, pennywhistle street music, Kwela, and marabi were formed. Eventually, these myriad styles coalesced to create a new hybrid pop music that came to be known as mbaqanga. Though mbaqanga employs the traditional instrumentation of Western pop (guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, and vocals), the approach to song structure and rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic phrasing is uniquely African.
Recorded between 1981 and 1984, THE INDESTRUCTIBLE BEAT OF SOWETO is the first (and arguably the best) of a slew of South African pop recordings that soon followed. Characterized by insistent, rhythmically complex beats, elastic, burbling basslines, tight, ska-sounding guitar accompaniment, and thick, multi-part vocals, this music is as intriguing as it is appealing. Groups with such names as Udokotela Shange Namajaha and Amaswazi Emvelo serve up bright, infectious melodies and percussively insistent tracks that are clearly intended for dancing. Though this "pop" may at first seem strange to Western ears, repeated listens reveal its true nature: rich, individual, joyous, and simply wonderful music.
Recorded between 1981 and 1984, THE INDESTRUCTIBLE BEAT OF SOWETO is the first (and arguably the best) of a slew of South African pop recordings that soon followed. Characterized by insistent, rhythmically complex beats, elastic, burbling basslines, tight, ska-sounding guitar accompaniment, and thick, multi-part vocals, this music is as intriguing as it is appealing. Groups with such names as Udokotela Shange Namajaha and Amaswazi Emvelo serve up bright, infectious melodies and percussively insistent tracks that are clearly intended for dancing. Though this "pop" may at first seem strange to Western ears, repeated listens reveal its true nature: rich, individual, joyous, and simply wonderful music.
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@aldrickjustice7638
God bless Africa, I am so in love with Africa, I am a proud African. Much love from Nigeria, the vocals, instruments are so great!
@undermentals
The best track on one of my favorite albums ever. I sure played this a lot back in the day, never failed to please.
@WeirdMedicine
This is one of my favorite albums of all time, purchased, as I recall after watching "Cry Freedom" and listening to "Graceland". Always open to suggestions on other albums like this..,
@davidreames8752
Miriam Makeba, Johnny Clegg, Fela Kuti, King Sunny Ade, etc.
@Galidi1969
I've been obsessed with this song for many years! I just figured out how to play it on guitar the other day!!!
@Stefanthenautilus
Fantastic album, monster track. She just commands the beat.
@TimandRuth08
Best thing about this album closely followed by the well cool cover art!
@manolard
this is up there with Zimbabwe hits take cover - one of my favourite lp's of all time
@leosam8854
My type of music
@xwagner76
This song is incredible!!!