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Thokozile

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Released
  
1987

Length
  
40:00 approx.

Release date
  
1987

Label
  
Virgin Records

Recorded
  
1987

Thokozile (1987)
  
Paris - Soweto (1987)

Producer
  
West Nkosi

Genre
  
Mbaqanga

Artist
  
Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens

Mbaqanga albums
  
Paris ‑ Soweto, Reign & Shine, Siyadumisa (Songs of Praise), The Indestructible Beat of S, Graceland

Mahlathini the mahotella queens thokozile official african video


Thokozile is a 1986 hit by the South African mbaqanga group Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens. The album was a reunion of Mahlathini with the backing Makgona Tsohle Band and three of the original Queens, Hilda Tloubatla, Nobesuthu Mbadu and Mildred Mangxola. The album (#Gallo-GRC BL 590) featured re-recordings of older songs such as "Umculo Kawupheli" (heard here as "Sibuyile") and "Sithunyiwe" (here "Thokozile"). The album propelled the group into immediate international stardom when it was issued internationally on the Earthworks label.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Thokozile" ("Praise/Be Happy")
  2. "Lilizela Mlilizeli" ("Ululate/Applaud")
  3. "Sibuyile" ("We Are Back")
  4. "Nina Majuba" ("You Pigeons")
  5. "I Wanna Dance"
  6. "Uyavutha Umlilo" ("Music Inferno")
  7. "Sengikhala Ngiyabaleka" ("I'm Crying and Running Away")
  8. "Izulu Liyaduduma" ("Thunderstorm")

Songs

1Thokozile4:15
2Lilizela Mlilizeli4:16
3Sibuyile3:11

References

Thokozile Wikipedia