August 8, 2024

We will send them back

They call Awa Khiwe "The Village Girl" because she's from a rural area of Zimbabwe's Bulawayo province.  She raps in Ndebele, her hometown language which is closely related to Zulu, including all the click sounds.  This week on Global A Go-Go you'll hear the first single from her forthcoming debut album, "Zizobuya" (We will send them back), about the southern African custom of lobola or bride-price.
 
Also this week (Sunday August 11, 1:00-3:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards at wrir.org/listen, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at my podcast site): In the first hour, new reggae from Gentleman and H.L.R, a reissue of the first Wailers album from 1971, and current Afro releases by Afla Sackey, The Bongo Hop and Sia Tolno; in the second hour sounds from across southern Africa including Malawi's Madalitso Band, Sebongile Kgaila from Botswana, Brian Chilala of Zambia and South Africa's Penny Penny.

 
 
Artist | Country | Song | Recording | Label | Year
 
Oliver Lake | USA | Separation | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1997
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros | England UK | Global A Go-Go | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001
 
Gentleman & Shams The Producer | Germany-Spain-USA | Watch Ova The City | Watch Ova The City - Single | B-Rich | 2024
H.L.R | France | Man A Faya | Man A Faya - Single | Evolu'Son Productions | 2024
Uzimon | Bermuda UK-USA | Steven Seagal 2.0 | Pussy Weapon | Tape Theory | 2011
 
The Wailers | Jamaica | Caution | The Best Of The Wailers | Jamwax | 2024-1971
Jimmy Cliff | Jamaica | Vietnam | Jimmy Cliff | Trojan | 1969
Paul Simon | USA-Jamaica | Mother And Child Reunion | Paul Simon | Columbia | 1972
Hortense Ellis | Jamaica | I Can't Stand The Rain | I Can't Stand The Rain / Same Complaint - Single | Joe Gibbs Music | 1979
Alpheus | England UK-Spain | Equality | Unify | Liquidator | 2024
 
Afla Sackey & Afrik Bawantu | Ghana-England UK | Togetherness | Destination | Wah Wah 45s | 2024
The Bongo Hop | France-Colombia | La Pata Coja (feat. Nidia Gongóra) | La Pata Coja (feat. Nidia Gongóra) - Single | Underdog | 2024
Sia Tolno | Sierra Leone-Guinée Conakry-France-Spain | Kelema | Manene | Kingsland Music / Slow Walk Music | 2024
 
Malawi Mouse Boys | Malawi | Ndinasangalala | He Is #1 | IRL | 2012
Madalitso Band | Malawi | Lenisa | Lenisa - Single | Bongo Joe | 2024
Shiyani Ngcobo | South Africa | uJesu | fRoots No. 21 | Folk Roots | 2003
Sebongile Kgaila | Botswana | Murraynyana (The Little Murrays) | I'm Not Here To Hunt Rabbits | Piranha | 2018
 
Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited | Zimbabwe | Chitima Ndikature | Chamunorwa | Mango | 1989
Brian Chilala & Ngoma Zasu | Zambia | Chitinti | Vangaza! | SWP | 2015
 
Awa Khiwe | Zimbabwe-Germany | Zizobuya | Zizobuya - Single | Outhere | 2024
Mandoza & M'du | South Africa | 50/50 | Godoba | CCP | 2001
Penny Penny | South Africa | Siyayi Vuma | Siyayi Vuma - Single | W Baloyi Music Production | 2016
Nozinja | South Africa | Tsekeleke | Lodge | Warp | 2015 
BBC | South Africa | Ngunyuta Dance | Shangaan Electro: New Wave Dance Music From South Africa | Honest Jon's | 2010
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