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Imbongi

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Released
  
1974

Genre
  
Isicathamiya, Mbube

Label
  
Gallo Record Company

Recorded
  
July 1973

Length
  
50:00 approx.

Producer
  
West Nkosi

Imbongi was the second release by the South African isicathamiya group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. It featured songs such as "Izinkomo Zikababa" ("Our Father's Cattle"), and "Sengikhumbule Nomathemba", which was a follow-up song to a previous Mambazo recording, "Nomathemba" (the name of a girl, "Hope").

Track listing

  1. "Imbongi" ("Preacher")
  2. "Uthando" ("Love")
  3. "Abazali" ("Parents")
  4. "Awu! Phathaphatha"
  5. "Isimanga Sikathekwane" ("The Wonder of the Hammerkop")
  6. "Izinkomo Zikababa" ("Our Father's Cattle")
  7. "Mazulu Thandanani" ("Zulus, Love One Another")
  8. "Yithina Labo" ("We Are The Guys")
  9. "Bhala Mabhalane"
  10. "Ibhubhesi Lase Nyakatho" ("The Lion of the North")
  11. "Gijimani Wezintombi" ("Run, Girl")
  12. "Sengikhumbule Nomathemba" ("I Remember You, Nomathemba")
  1. "Imbongi" "- in the Xhosa tradition, an Imbongi sang the praises of the Paramount Chiefs"

References

Imbongi Wikipedia
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