''Ubuhle Bemvelo'' is a
studio album
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from
Juluka
Juluka was a South African music band formed in 1969 by Johnny Clegg and Sipho Mchunu. means "sweat" in Zulu, and was the name of a bull owned by Mchunu. The band was closely associated with the mass movement against apartheid.
History
At t ...
, a
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
n band led by
Johnny Clegg
Jonathan Paul Clegg, (7 June 195316 July 2019) was a South African musician, singer-songwriter, dancer, anthropologist and anti-apartheid activist, some of whose work was in musicology focused on the music of indigenous South African people ...
and
Sipho Mchunu
Sipho Mchunu (born 1951, Kranskop, South Africa) is best known for his work in the band Juluka from the 1970s to the 1980s.
Mchunu's compositions, vocals and guitar work brought Zulu folk styles such as maskanda and mbaqanga to a wider audience b ...
. It was first released in 1982.
The title means "natural beauty" or "the beauty of nature".
Track listing
All tracks composed by Johnny Clegg; except where indicated
# Umfazi omdala 3'30
# Dumazile 3'40
# Bazothini 3'55
# Zingane zami 3'30
# Biza 3'40
# Sonqoba 3'35
# Umgane wami 3'50
# Inhliziyo yegwala 4'10
# Soweto 3'40
# Woza Friday 3'40
Total: 36'37
All songs are in
isiZulu
Zulu (), or isiZulu as an endonym, is a Southern Bantu language of the Nguni branch spoken in Southern Africa. It is the language of the Zulu people, with about 12 million native speakers, who primarily inhabit the province of KwaZulu-Natal of ...
.
Personnel
*
Johnny Clegg
Jonathan Paul Clegg, (7 June 195316 July 2019) was a South African musician, singer-songwriter, dancer, anthropologist and anti-apartheid activist, some of whose work was in musicology focused on the music of indigenous South African people ...
- vocals, guitar
*
Sipho Mchunu
Sipho Mchunu (born 1951, Kranskop, South Africa) is best known for his work in the band Juluka from the 1970s to the 1980s.
Mchunu's compositions, vocals and guitar work brought Zulu folk styles such as maskanda and mbaqanga to a wider audience b ...
- guitar, percussion, vocals
* Gary Van Zyl - bass guitar, percussion, vocals
* Zola Mtiya - drums, percussion, vocals
External links
Samples on Juluka website
Juluka albums
1982 albums
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