Folkster Bongeziwe Mabandla sings South African blues

Bongeziwe Mabandla sings love songs in his home language, Xhosa, on his latest album.JOHANNESBURG - Bongeziwe Mabandla cuts a striking figure: a muscular folk musician with his trousers rolled up above his ankles, there is still something of the little boy who grew up in the hills of South Africa.

During apartheid, trains crossed South Africa carrying workers in livestock cars to labour on the gold and coal mines.Men left their wives and children behind, and during their long absences they created a new genre of music.Thus was born the"Zulu blues". "Xhosa language is very lyrical, very expressive," he told AFP."It's a form of activism, keeping your culture, loving yourself."His voice conveys both the hurt and the jumbled feelings that love can engender.-"Humble" -

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