LIBONGA uxhaso eliluthole kuThulani Shabalala ongenye yamadodana enkakha emculweni wesicathamiya uSolwazi Joseph Shabalala, ...

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Bringing a nomination or award home would be a fitting conclusion to the film about the life of the legendary leader of the country’s most iconic isicathamiya acapella group, which hailed from ...

Ladysmith began as a community singing group of Isicathamiya traditional Zulu tribal music which competed with other villages throughout the Union of South Africa winning national acclaim.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo melds indigenous Zulu songs and dances with South African isicathamiya. Shabalala had recently converted to Christianity and brought gospel influences into Ladysmith’s sound.

This ahead of yet another tour to the US next year. The isicathamiya nine-piece has a long and glorious career that started in December 1960, when it was founded by the late Joseph Shabalala ...

DURBAN, South Africa — Every little detail counts in an isicathamiya competition: the harmony, the choreography, the costumes, the entrance on stage, the exit and, of course, the singing. On Saturday ...

South Africa has a long tradition of harmony singing, stretching back to Soloman Linda's famous 1933 song Mbube, which created a genre of its own to isicathamiya folk singing that led to one of ...

One of the Isicathamiya groups performs a traditional song and dance on stage. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP) At an isicathamiya (Zulu a cappella) singing competition, every detail counts ...

Isicathamiya is an a cappella singing style anchored in Zulu culture - Copyright AFP Jaafar ASHTIYEH Isicathamiya is an a cappella singing style anchored in Zulu ...

"It has that –- I don't know how to call it -– that African thing into it". - Furtive steps - Isicathamiya has its roots in a mix of local music, religious choirs and the so-called 'minstrel ...