Mbaqanga
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Mbaqanga is a style of South African music that emerged in the early 1960s in the urban townships, particularly around Johannesburg. It draws from a variety of ethnic traditions, including Zulu, Xhosa
The group Mahotella Queens, pictured in 2017, achieved international success with their take on the traditional mbaqanga sound.
Mahotella Queens
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The Mahotella Queens is a South African female group established in 1964. The group is one of the most prominent specialising in mbaqanga, a style born in the recording studios of 1960s South Africa a
Mbaqanga
…Company to be their African production manager, brought together the musicians of the Makgona Tsohle Band with Mahlathini and a new female chorus, the Mahotella Queens. This was when mbaqanga really took off – or more specifically, "vocal mbaqanga" (later nicknamed simanje-manje or mgqashiyo). In addition to Mahlathini…
Mahotella Queens, 2010 Left to right: Nobesuthu Mbadu, Hilda Tloubatla, Mildred Mangxola