Champions of isicathamiya music worldwide, the "Kholwa Brothers" from Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, are appealing to the nation and the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture for financial assistance to ...

the maskanda music of Zulu migrant workers; the township jazz of the 1940s and ’50s; the isicathamiya idiom made famous by Ladysmith Black Mambazo; the vocal harmonizations and bouncy rhythms of ...

Furtive steps – Isicathamiya has its roots in a mix of local music, religious choirs and the so-called ‘minstrel’ shows popular in the United States in the 19th century. It became popular ...

isicathamiya’s music is heavily influenced by Zulu culture, spirituality, and ideology, and some of the songs are in Zulu. Modern isicathamiya is more organized and competitive than other genres ...

they attained a deal with Sony Music. This release of their second album following up their debut self-titled release in 2016 will see a new project, Isicathamiya for a New Millennium, in which this ...

The group sings a traditional music style called isicathamiya (Is-Cot-A-Mee-Ya), which developed in the mines of South Africa. It was there that black workers were taken to work far away from ...