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Ndebele Music
The traditional music of the Ndebele is characterised mainly by the widespread use of choral song accompanied by leg rattles (''amahlwayi''), clappers (''izikeyi'') and clapping of hands. Compared with choral song, solo singing and purely instrumental music are of minor importance. Like the Shona, the Ndebele also use mouthbows (''umqangala'') and gourd-bows (''icaco''), played mostly for self-amusement. Ndebele musicians There are many Ndebele songwriters and bands, mainly Zimbabwean artists, who have been heavily influenced by the Ndebele story telling ways. * Albert Nyathi * Afrida Band * Andy Brown & The Storm *Ilanga *Kampi Moto & George Phiri *Louis Mhlanga Louis Mhlanga (born 10 November 1956) is a Zimbabwean artist based in South Africa, an award-winning guitarist and producer. Mhlanga taught himself to play the guitar at a young age and is considered one of the best Southern African guitarists ... * Marsha Moyo * Thabani Band *Ziyaduma *Sandra Ndebele One of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Ndebele People
The Northern Ndebele people ( nd, amaNdebele) are an offshoot of the Bantu found in Southern Africa. Their three related Ndebele groups in South Africa are divided into (Northern and Southern Ndebele), the Northern Ndebele of South Africa comprise three tribes, namely ndebele of Langa/Laka, ndebele of Ndzundza & Mghumbhane/ mokopone-Mashashani who are ndebele of kekana (Manala) whereas the Southern Ndebele comprise mzilikazi they are a young compared to those of Langa & Ndzundza . This "Northern Ndebele" group from Zimbabwe is not the same as the Northern Ndebele group from South Africa and the two groups are not related either genealogically or historically, however, the Northern Ndebele and Southern Ndebele of South Africa are related genealogically and historically. They speak a language called isiNdebele. The Northern Ndebele were historically referred to as the Matabele by Sotho people, for a Nguni speaking person. Sotho people called all Nguni-speaking people 'Matebe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rattle (percussion Instrument)
A rattle is a type of percussion instrument which produces a sound when shaken. Rattles are described in the Hornbostel–Sachs system as ''Shaken Idiophones or Rattles (112.1)''. According to Sachs, Rattles include: * Maracas, widely used in Cha Cha Cha and jazz. ** Chac-chac, as known in Trinidad, Dominica and the French Antilles. * The egg-shaped plastic chicken shake, filled with steel shot and available in varying tones depending on the size and quantity of shot. * Folk instruments especially used in ceremonial dance. * Toy rattles for infants. Though there are many different sorts of rattles, some music scores indicate simply a rattle (or the corresponding terms French ''claquette'', ''hochet''; Ger. ''Rassel'', ''Schnarre''; It. ''nacchere''). Examples * Chankana * Ganzá * Hosho * Maracas * Maracitos * Katsa * Chajchas * Rainstick * Kashaka History In Ancient Egypt, rattles were used during funerary rituals to signify regeneration in the after-life. Rattles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clapper (musical Instrument)
A clapper is a basic form of percussion instrument. It consists of two long solid pieces that are struck together producing sound. A straightforward instrument to produce and play, they exist in many forms in many different cultures around the world. Clappers can take a number of forms and be made of a wide variety of material. Wood is most common, but metal and ivory have also been used. The plastic thundersticks that have recently come to be popular at sporting events can be considered a form of inflated plastic clapper. Several specific forms of clapper have their own names, such as the Chinese ''guban'', Japanese '' hyoshigi'', or the Korean '' bak''. In the classical music of Thailand, a similar instrument is called ''krap''. In India cooking tongs or चिमटा itself is often used to provide rhythm while singing religious hymns in many cultures (sometimes tongs made specifically for the purpose are also equipped with bell In Vietnam, the coin clapper called '' Sên ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shona People
The Shona people () are part of the Bantu ethnic group native to Southern Africa, primarily living in Zimbabwe where they form the majority of the population, as well as Mozambique, South Africa, and a worldwide diaspora including global celebrities such as Thandiwe Newton. There are five major Shona language/dialect clusters : Karanga, Zezuru, Korekore, Manyika and Ndau. Regional classification The Shona people are grouped according to the dialect of the language they speak. Their estimated population is 16.6 million: * Karanga or Southern Shona (about 8.5 million people) * Zezuru or Central Shona (5.2 million people) * Korekore or Northern Shona (1.7 million people) * Manyika tribe or Eastern Shona (1.2 million) in Zimbabwe (861,000) and Mozambique (173,000). * Ndau in Mozambique (1,580,000) and Zimbabwe (800,000). History During the 11th century, the Karanga people formed kingdoms on the Zimbabwe plateau. Construction, then, began on Great Zimbabwe; the capital of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musical Bow
The musical bow (bowstring or string bow, a subset of bar zithers) is a simple string instrument used by a number of South African peoples, which is also found in the Americas via slave trade. It consists of a flexible, usually wooden, stick 1.5 to 10 feet (0.5 to 3 m) long, and strung end to end with a taut cord, usually metal. It can be played with the hands or a wooden stick or branch. It is uncertain if the musical bow developed from the hunting bow, though the San or Bushmen people of the Kalahari Desert do convert their hunting bows to musical use. Types of bow include mouth-resonated string bow, earth-resonated string bow, and gourd-resonated string bow. History There is speculation that the hunting bow may have been used as a musical instrument from as early as circa 13,000 B.C. Henri Breuil surveyed the Trois Frères in France caves and made an engraving that attempted to reproduce a c. 13,000 B.C. cave painting into a black-and-white lithograph engraving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east. The capital and largest city is Harare. The second largest city is Bulawayo. A country of roughly 15 million people, Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, with English, Shona language, Shona, and Northern Ndebele language, Ndebele the most common. Beginning in the 9th century, during its late Iron Age, the Bantu peoples, Bantu people (who would become the ethnic Shona people, Shona) built the city-state of Great Zimbabwe which became one of the major African trade centres by the 11th century, controlling the gold, ivory and copper trades with the Swahili coast, which were connected to Arab and Indian states. By the mid 15th century, the city-state had been abandoned. From there, the Kingdom of Zimbabwe was established, fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Nyathi
Albert Nyathi (born 15 November 1962 at Kafusi in Gwanda District in Matabeleland South) is a Zimbabwean poet, musician, writer, actor, and philanthropist who is particularly famous for the poem and song "Senzeni na?", which he composed following the assassination of Chris Hani. Nyathi is married to Caroline and they have three children together. Education For his secondary education, Nyathi attended Msitheli Secondary School and Matopo High School. He then attended the University of Zimbabwe where he graduated with an honors degree in English literature in the mid-1990s. Career Nyathi started praise poetry as a very young boy where he used to sing praise poetry while herding cattle in Gwanda. Over the years, he has expanded his audience to include other African countries and countries outside the Africa continent. Nyathi performed in South Africa saying praises about the Great King of the Ndebele and founder of the Mthwakazi Kingdom, Mzilikazi. He has toured several coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrida Band
Afridinae is a subfamily of the moth family Nolidae. The subfamily consists of only one genus, ''Afrida'', that was previously part of the tribe Lithosiini in the subfamily Arctiinae. Genus and species * ''Afrida'' Möschler, 1886 ** ''Afrida charientisma'' Dyar, 1913 ** ''Afrida ciliata'' Hampson, 1900 ** ''Afrida cosmiogramma'' Dyar, 1913 ** ''Afrida exegens'' Dyar, 1922 ** ''Afrida melicerta'' H. Druce, 1885 ** ''Afrida mesomelaena'' Hampson, 1914 ** ''Afrida minuta'' H. Druce, 1885 ** ''Afrida tortriciformis'' Möschler, 1886 ** ''Afrida ydatodes ''Afrida ydatodes'', or Dyar's lichen moth, is a species of moth in the family Nolidae (nolid moths). It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1913 and is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, ...'' Dyar, 1913 {{Taxonbar, from=Q9587469 Nolidae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Brown (Zimbabwean Musician)
Andy Brown may refer to: * Andy Brown (ice hockey) (born 1944), former ice hockey player in the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association * Andy Brown (engineer), British Indy Racing League winning chief engineer * Andy Brown (footballer, born 1915) (1915–1973), Scottish footballer for Torquay United * Andy Brown (footballer, born 1963), English footballer for Tranmere Rovers * Andy Brown (politician) (born 1972), politician from Austin, Texas * Andy Brown (footballer, born 1976), Scottish footballer for Hull City * Andy Brown (rugby league) (born 1981), rugby league footballer * Andy Brown (singer), lead singer of Lawson See also * Andie Brown (born 1955), Anglican Archdeacon of Man (the Isle of Man) * Andrew Brown (other) Andrew Brown may refer to: Arts * Andrew Brown (CNN journalist), British-born journalist in Hong Kong *Andrew Brown (writer) (born 1955), British writer and journalist * Andrew Brown (Philadelphia Gazette) ( 1744–?), Irish soldier, journa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Mhlanga
Louis Mhlanga (born 10 November 1956) is a Zimbabwean artist based in South Africa, an award-winning guitarist and producer. Mhlanga taught himself to play the guitar at a young age and is considered one of the best Southern African guitarists. Mhlanga's career began in the 1970s. Fronting many bands in Zimbabwe, he mixed American and Zimbabwean influences into his music. Mhlanga became renowned for his guitar skills, and worked with Zimbabwean acts such as Shaka, Talking Drum, Ilanga, Mudzimu, and Oliver Mtukudzi. Louis eventually headed to South Africa to pursue different musical opportunities, leading to collaborations with renowned South African artists such as Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, Ray Phiri, Sipho Mabuse, Mlunhgisi Gegane, and Busi Mhlongo. Musical career He admired the traditionally derived pop of local musicians such as Thomas Mapfumo. His first album was released by BMG in Africa in the early 1990s ten years after it was recorded. ''Shamwari'', his internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marsha Moyo
Marsha is a variant spelling of Marcia. Notable people with the name include: *Marsha Ambrosius (born 1977), former member of the English band duo Floetry *Marsha Arzberger (born 1937), Democratic politician *Marsha Barbour, first lady of the U.S. state of Mississippi since 2004 *Marsha Berzon (born 1945), federal appeals judge who has served on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals since 2000 *Marsha Blackburn (born 1952), Tennessee politician *Marsha Canham (born 1950), Canadian writer of historical romance novels * Marsha Cheeks (born 1956), African-American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan *Marsha Clark, American actress best known for roles in soap operas *Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, senior policy analyst for the United States Environmental Protection Agency *Marsha Collier, author, radio personality and educator in making money on eBay and online *Marsha J. Evans (born 1947), retired Rear Admiral in the United States Navy *Marsha Farney (born 1958), American politician *M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
