Imbongi

Imbongi
Studio album by Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Released 1974
Recorded July 1973
Genre Isicathamiya, Mbube
Length 50:00 approx.
Label Gallo Record Company
Producer West Nkosi
Ladysmith Black Mambazo chronology
Amabutho
(1973)
Imbongi
(1974)
Ufakazi Yibheshu
(1973)

Imbongi was the second release by the South African isicathamiya group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. It featured songs such as "Izinkomo Zikababa" ("Our Father's Cattle"), and "Sengikhumbule Nomathemba", which was a follow-up song to a previous Mambazo recording, "Nomathemba" (the name of a girl, "Hope").

Track listing

  1. "Imbongi" ("Preacher")
  2. "Uthando" ("Love")
  3. "Abazali" ("Parents")
  4. "Awu! Phathaphatha"
  5. "Isimanga Sikathekwane" ("The Wonder of the Hammerkop")
  6. "Izinkomo Zikababa" ("Our Father's Cattle")
  7. "Mazulu Thandanani" ("Zulus, Love One Another")
  8. "Yithina Labo" ("We Are The Guys")
  9. "Bhala Mabhalane"
  10. "Ibhubhesi Lase Nyakatho" ("The Lion of the North")
  11. "Gijimani Wezintombi" ("Run, Girl")
  12. "Sengikhumbule Nomathemba" ("I Remember You, Nomathemba")
  1. "Imbongi" "- in the Xhosa tradition, an Imbongi sang the praises of the Paramount Chiefs"
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