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Track listing

# "Nansi Imali" ("Here Is The Money") # "Saziwa Izwe Lonke" # "Hamba Angikhathali" # "Shukuma Ntombi" # "Khwishi Khwishi" ("Spit, Spit") # "Sawela Ulwandle" ("Over The Sea") # "Ukhulumelani?" # "Wemhlaba Uzodela" # "Wena Ntombi Uyasidumaza" # "Uzenzile Akakhalelwa" # "Nansi Indaba Sondelani" # "Wir Grüssen Euch Alle / Sanibonani Nonke" 1981 albums Ladysmith Black Mambazo albums {{world-album-stub