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Mbaqanga

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Mbaqanga is a style of South African music with rural Zulu roots that continues to influence musicians worldwide today. [1]

33 relations: Brenda Fassie, Dark City Sisters, Dolly Rathebe, Gallo Record Company, Graceland (album), Group Areas Act, Indlamu, Jazz, Johannesburg, Johnny Clegg, Kwaito, Kwela, Letta Mbulu, Mahlathini, Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens, Mahotella Queens, Makgona Tsohle Band, Marabi, Miriam Makeba, Natives Land Act, 1913, Nico Carstens, Paul Simon, Real Ones, Robin Auld, Shebeen, Sophiatown, South Africa, South African Broadcasting Corporation, Soweto, West Nkosi, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Zulu music, Zulu people.

Brenda Fassie

Brenda Nokuzola Fassie (3 November 1964 – 9 May 2004) was a South African anti-apartheid Afropop singer.

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Dark City Sisters

The Dark City Sisters was a South African female vocal group formed in 1958 by music producer Rupert Bopape.

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Dolly Rathebe

Dolly Rathebe (OIS) (2 April 1928 – 16 September 2004) was a South African musician and actress who performed with the Elite Swingsters jazz band, and in Alf Herbert's African Jazz and Variety Show.

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Gallo Record Company

Gallo Record Company is the largest (and oldest independent) record label in South Africa.

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Graceland (album)

Graceland is the seventh solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon.

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Group Areas Act

Group Areas Act was the title of three acts of the Parliament of South Africa enacted under the apartheid government of South Africa.

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Indlamu

Indlamu is a traditional Zulu dance from South Africa where the dancer lifts one foot over his head and brings it down hard, landing squarely on the downbeat.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Johannesburg

Johannesburg (also known as Jozi, Joburg and Egoli) is the largest city in South Africa and is one of the 50 largest urban areas in the world.

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Johnny Clegg

Jonathan "Johnny" Clegg OIS (born 7 June 1953) is a South African musician and anthropologist who has recorded and performed with his bands Juluka and Savuka, and more recently as a solo act, occasionally reuniting with his earlier band partners.

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Kwaito

Kwaito is a music genre that emerged in Johannesburg, South Africa, during the 1990s.

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Kwela

Kwela is a pennywhistle-based street music from southern Africa with jazzy underpinnings and a distinctive, skiffle-like beat.

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Letta Mbulu

Letta Mbulu (born 23 August 1942) is a South African jazz singer who has been active since the 1960s.

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Mahlathini

Simon "Mahlathini" Nkabinde (1938 – 27 July 1999) was a South African mbaqanga singer.

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Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens

Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens (also known as Mahlathini Nezintombi Zomgqashiyo and Mahlathini and the Girls of Mgqashiyo) were a South African mbaqanga supergroup made up of the three musical acts linked together by talent scout and record producer Rupert Bopape at the Gallo Recording Company in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1964.

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Mahotella Queens

The Mahotella Queens is a South African female group formed in 1964 by music producer Rupert Bopape.

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Makgona Tsohle Band

The Makgona Tsohle Band was a South African instrumental band that is noted for creating the mbaqanga music style.

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Marabi

Marabi is a style of township music that evolved in South Africa over the last century.

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Miriam Makeba

Zenzile Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, actress, United Nations goodwill ambassador, and civil-rights activist.

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Natives Land Act, 1913

The Natives Land Act, 1913 (subsequently renamed Bantu Land Act, 1913 and Black Land Act, 1913; Act No. 27 of 1913) was an Act of the Parliament of South Africa that was aimed at regulating the acquisition of land.

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Nico Carstens

Nicolaas Cornelius Carstens (10 February 1926 – 1 November 2016) more commonly known as Nico Carstens, was a South African musician, accordionist, and songwriter.

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Paul Simon

Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and actor.

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Real Ones

Real Ones also known as Reelones, is a Folk/rock band from Bergen, Norway, which was formed in 1994 when the members were 14 and 15 years of age.

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Robin Auld

Sir Robin Ernest Auld, (born 19 July 1937) is a former Lord Justice of Appeal in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.

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Shebeen

A shebeen (síbín) was originally an illicit bar or club where excisable alcoholic beverages were sold without a licence.

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Sophiatown

Sophiatown, also known as Sof'town or Kofifi, is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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South African Broadcasting Corporation

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is the state broadcaster in South Africa, and provides 19 radio stations (AM/FM) as well as 5 television broadcasts to the general public.

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Soweto

Soweto is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south.

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West Nkosi

West Nkosi (born Johannes Hlongwane, 1940 – 8 October 1998) was a South African music producer, saxophonist and songwriter.

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Yvonne Chaka Chaka

Yvonne Chaka Chaka (born Yvonne Machaka in 1965) is an internationally recognised South African singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, humanitarian and teacher.

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Zulu music

The Zulu are a South African ethnic group.

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Zulu people

The Zulu (amaZulu) are a Bantu ethnic group of Southern Africa and the largest ethnic group in South Africa, with an estimated 10–12 million people living mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.

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Mbaqhanga, Mbhaqanga, Umbaqanga.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbaqanga

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