Inkanyezi Nezazi

by Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Inkanyezi Nezazi cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 6 April 1992
  • Label: Gallo
  • Country: South Africa
  • Length: 43:49
  • Community rating: 3.5/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: John Lindemann, Barry Downard, DMB&B, Joseph Shabalala

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Subtitled 'The Star and the Wiseman', this ten-track programme of mbube and isicathamiya singing dates from the group's years of intensive recording for Gallo after their international breakthrough. Joseph Shabalala's arrangements alternate his own compositions with traditional Zulu material.

Genres

Descriptors: choral, a-cappella, traditional, communal, vocal

Tracklist

  1. Inkanyezi Nezazi (The Star and the Wiseman) (4:51)
  2. Ngaze Ngambona (I've Seen Him) (3:34)
  3. Uthando Olungaka (What a Great Love) (5:09)
  4. Ebetlehema Yiyo Lenkosi (In Bethlehem, He is the King) (4:58)
  5. Lungisa Indlela Yakho (The Path Is Clear) (3:47)
  6. Sadumela Intozabanye (We Sprang Upon Other People's Things) (4:35)
  7. Sithando Ngize Kuwe (Love, I've Come to You) (4:04)
  8. Baxabene Babangani (Friends Have Quarrelled) (3:32)
  9. Sibezwa Bekhuluma (We Hear Them Talking) (3:27)
  10. Abantwana Basethempeleni (Children of the Temple) (5:49)

Credits

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