Mahotella Queens’ Come back (Buya Buya)
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“Buya Buya: Come Back” is the first full album of exciting new Queens material in nearly 20 years and marks their long-awaited return to the world stage. This release also heralds a new chapter in the Mahotella story under the supervision of Hilda Tloubatla, who at the grand age of 83 is the group’s last […]
Mahotella Queens – Umculo Kawupheli
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The classic Mahotella Queens hit song, “Umculo Kawupheli” (“The music never ends”), from 1973.
Original song with self-made video, featuring clips of the Queens back in the 1970s with their backing group the Makgona Tsohle Band.
From the golden age of South African township jive, the country’s premier mbaqanga girl group, the Mahotella Queens, and […]
The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
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The Indestructible Beat of Soweto is a compilation album released in 1985, featuring twelve tracks by artists from South Africa. The sleeve notes state that all songs are in the mbaqanga style, a guitar-based style popular at the time in the townships of Johannesburg and Durban, but the tracks actually cover four different styles, […]
