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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...