MAMELANG
MAMELANG
"ZULU HEARTBEAT"
New World Music
This is the debut album of the band Mamelang (a
Zulu word meaning "Listen"), whose members, mostly from South African origin, work
together to transmit the rhythms of their homeland. The lyrics, sung in Zulu or Sotho, are a
heartfelt plea for us to listen to the happiness and hardships of everyday life in the
Townships. The songs are about Aids and the need for prevention of such a hideous,
decimating illness, the fight to preserve the cultural heritage of the African peoples, the
beauty of the land, the work of the young women collecting firewood for the village,
hospitality, the need to reconcile differences among the different ethnic groups and peace to
prosper as a nation, all these themes that are a call for the audience to make the reality of the
African countries known to the world with rhythms that blend the traditional with the modern
trends in todays's World Music. No doubt this CD is an album that adds new, interesting
shades to this musical genre.
WINONA SIRTIS
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