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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 group Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens

Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens

Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens was a South African mbaqanga supergroup composed of:...

. The album was a reunion of Mahlathini

Mahlathini

Simon 'Mahlathini' Nkabinde was a South African mbaqanga singer. Known as the "Lion of Soweto" Nkabinde is the acknowledged exponent of the deep-voiced, basso profundo "groaning" style that came to symbolize mbaqanga music in the 1960s...

 with the backing Makgona Tsohle Band

Makgona Tsohle Band

The Makgona Tsohle Band was a South African instrumental band that is noted for creating the mbaqanga music style. The group was formed in 1964 at Mavuthela , and became the Mavuthela house band. It garnered success by backing fellow Mavuthela-Gallo stars, Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens...

 and three of the original 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...

, Nobesuthu Mbadu

Nobesuthu Mbadu

Nobesuthu Gertrude Mbadu Shawe is a South African mbaqanga singer, and a singer in the acclaimed group the Mahotella Queens...

 and 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...

. 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 international on the Earthworks album.

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")