Goose-bumped all over my being listening to Thandiswa Mazwai sing about who she is in the short track titled: Bomvana... this song depicts who her people are in essence...
She talks about how as uBomvana you do things as your mom and dad do which in Xhosa reads: Bomvana nenjenje nje ngoyise noyihlo... She talks of how when she moves the earth moves and how her mom told her she can bring it any time... I get this bringing it as being encouraged to have the will to do anything, being a force to be reckoned with in the world. This song is sung in isiXhosa and in English
one of ms Mazwai's songs is titled: Abenguni... in it she further speaks of the people who make her who she is and tells of her people's history and the different groups that make up who her people are. She further talks of not walking alone which puts emphasis on old beliefs that those who have had a people precede them never walk alone in this life. They are always protected by their lineage, their descendants.
She tells a story with distinct rhythm that emulates her soul's belief in unison.
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