Umculo Wokuqala Wabamnyama Othandwayo eThekwini

Ngasekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-1900’s umculo owawufanekisela ukukhonjwa amaVictorian akhuluma isiZulu wawungaconsi phansi. Yize empeleni wawusungulwe emculweni waseYurophu nowaseMelika, kwakungeyona nje indlela elingisa emnyama yesiko ledolobha elikhulu laseNtshonalanga. Umculo we-Afro-American kanye nezinsimbi zomculo, nezinye izinhlobo ezahlukahlukene zamahlaya omculo kanye namahlaya amnyama, kudlale indima ebalulekile ekuvikeleni ukungabandlululwa kwabamhlophe kanye nokucwasa ngokobuhlanga futhi lokho kwaba nomthelela ekuthuthukisweni komculo omnyama … Read more

Early Black Popular Music in Durban

In the early part of the 1900’s the music that symbolised identification with Victorian values for Zulu speakers was imusic.  Although essentially founded in European and American music, it was not simply a black imitation of Western metropolitan culture.  Afro-American music and minstrelsongs, together with various other forms of musical comedy and black humour, played an important role … Read more