Siyadumisa is a 2007 album by the South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

n mbaqanga

Mbaqanga

Mbaqanga is a style of South African music with rural Zulu roots that continues to influence musicians worldwide today. The style originated in the early 1960s.-History:...

 group the Mahotella Queens

Mahotella Queens

The Mahotella Queens are a South African singing group formed in 1964 comprising Hilda Tloubatla, Nobesuthu Mbadu and Mildred Mangxola...

. The album is the first gospel-orientated album by the Queens, and features the voice of lead singer Hilda Tloubatla

Hilda Tloubatla

Hilda Semola Tloubatla is a South African mbaqanga singer, and the lead singer of the acclaimed group the Mahotella Queens. Tloubatla was born in Payneville, Springs in South Africa before moving to kwaThema township in 1951 as a result of the apartheid government's 'Group Areas Act' in the...

's son, Alfred "Ali" Temo. The album was released in May 2007 in South Africa on the Bula Music label, and was a joint venture between Bula and AS Entertainment (the Queens' management). It is as yet unknown when the album will receive its US and UK release (though it is expected to be issued internationally in 2008).

During the making of the album, the group's bass guitarist Madoda Ntshingila was injured in a car accident, and at the last minute the acclaimed bassist Jabu Sibumbe was roped in to replace Ntshingila. A tragedy also occurred during the production: the Queens had recruited a new lead guitarist, John Papo, whom they described as "very beautiful, when he plays guitar he is just like Marks Mankwane". Tragically Papo died after only a week recording on the album.

Songs on the album include "Ebenezer" (the opening song to the Queens' concerts) and "Usathane Uyadelela" ("Satan Is Wayward") as well as a re-recording of "Bonang Suna", a song the Queens originally recorded in the late 1980s. Also included are several Zulu hymns rearranged by the Queens into a gospel-mbaqanga style.

Track listing

1. "Umlingi" (Comp.: Nobesuthu Mbadu)
2. "Lenjabulo" (Comp.: Traditional / Mildred Mangxola)
3. "Bonang Suna" (Comp.: Hilda Tloubatla)
4. "Ebenezer" (Comp.: Hilda Tloubatla)
5. "Usathane Uyadelela" (Comp.: Traditional / Mildred Mangxola)
6. "Thixo Bawo" (Comp.: Traditional / Mildred Mangxola)
7. "Batswarele" (Comp.: Hilda Tloubatla)
8. "Kheth'eyakho" (Comp.: Traditional / Mildred Mangxola)
9. "Siza Ubenami" (Comp.: Nobesuthu Mbadu)
10. "Sisho Udumo" (Comp.: Traditional / Hilda Tloubatla)
11. "Umkhwezeli" (Comp.: Traditional / Nobesuthu Mbadu)
12. "It Is Well" (Comp.: Traditional / Hilda Tloubatla)

Musicians

• The Mahotella Queens
  • Hilda Tloubatla
    Hilda Tloubatla
    Hilda Semola Tloubatla is a South African mbaqanga singer, and the lead singer of the acclaimed group the Mahotella Queens. Tloubatla was born in Payneville, Springs in South Africa before moving to kwaThema township in 1951 as a result of the apartheid government's 'Group Areas Act' in the...
    
     (vocals)
  • Nobesuthu Mbadu
    Nobesuthu Mbadu
    Nobesuthu Gertrude Mbadu Shawe is a South African mbaqanga singer, and a singer in the acclaimed group the Mahotella Queens...
    
     (vocals)
  • Mildred Mangxola
    Mildred Mangxola
    Nontsomi Mildred Mangxola is a South African mbaqanga singer, and a singer in the acclaimed group the Mahotella Queens. Mangxola was born in Benoni, Johannesburg, in South Africa, and loved singing from a young age...
    
     (vocals)
• Alfred Temo (backing vocals)
• John Papo (lead guitar)
• Jabu Sibumbe (bass guitar)
• Shadrack Rameya (keyboards)
• Thuthukani Cele (keyboards)
• Bethuel Mbonana (drums)
• Godfrey Mgcina (percussions)

Other

• Engineer: Dan Gimpel
• Producers: Jabu Sibumbe, Ian Osrin
• Published by: Gallo Music Publishing SA
  Gallo Record Company
  Gallo Record Company is the largest record label in Africa. It is based in Johannesburg, South Africa, and is owned by Avusa Limited . The current Gallo Record Company is a hybrid of two rival South African record labels between the '40s and '80s: the original Gallo Africa and G.R.C...