Gauteng Choristers performs Nongqawuse (Xhosa traditional song) composed by Bongani Magatyana

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  • Nongqawuse - a Xhosa folksong
    Performed at the Joburg Theatre on 21 March 2015
    After the performance of UShaka kaSenzangakhona

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  • @homemail9653
    @homemail9653 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    I love the pace set by this choir, slow solemn reflecting the mood. Most choirs rush through this song in a celebratory manner when in fact this is more of a lament

    • @jeromelubabalojacobs8872
      @jeromelubabalojacobs8872 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The smiles disturb me still

    • @edwingng7973
      @edwingng7973 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jeromelubabalojacobs8872 I agree
      The history of this song, the great cattle-killing and the following famine is heartbreaking

    • @nelsonnkabinde9691
      @nelsonnkabinde9691 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, I'm in total agreement with you on the slow tempo chosen by the Gauteng Choristers in their superb rendition of "uNonqhawuze". You've hit the nail on the head; it's a deep lamentation of the Xhosa nation upon realizing that t

  • @vangelidlamini825
    @vangelidlamini825 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    RIP Sphelele Madela. Watching you perform in this choir brings to me tears because I know how much you loved music. I hope you are resting well my dear friend ❤️🙏

  • @michellejones71
    @michellejones71 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    (Ilanga lizotshon' emini)
    Baphume bonke bengakholwa bo!
    (Ntombi kaMhlakaza)
    Ukuthi babulal' imfuyo bo!
    (Nongqawuse sik'thembe kanjani na?)
    Imfuyo bayixabisile bo!
    (Wathi zobuy' inkomo zoBawo)
    Nabaphantsi mabahlolelwe bo!
    (Ilanga lizotshon' emini)
    Zonke zatshiswa bo!
    (Izokhal' indod' ikhal' indod')
    Iinkomo zamadoda
    (Iinkomo ziphelile)
    Basale bebamb' ongezantsi bo!
    (Nabok' abantu bekhoth' amanxeba)
    Phupha ndini likaNongqawuse bo!

    • @tselengbotlhole750
      @tselengbotlhole750 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are an angel 😇 thanks

    • @benlekale3503
      @benlekale3503 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You really helped with the lyrics🎀🎀🎀🙏

    • @mgk4908
      @mgk4908 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thank you. God bless you. 🙏

    • @tozamilefunani
      @tozamilefunani 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bavume banke bengakholwa!

    • @jeromelubabalojacobs8872
      @jeromelubabalojacobs8872 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "She said our fathers' cattle will return"
      "The ancestors are to be respected"
      Just had to clean up Google translation of the last two lines of the first paragraph

  • @thamsangqamooi2555
    @thamsangqamooi2555 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    One has to come back & view this at least once a year. Pure top notch

  • @zamam.7953
    @zamam.7953 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The energy here is on another level. Siyabonga.... That vebrato is from other realms.

  • @zakesmaphango4284
    @zakesmaphango4284 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Who’s still here

  • @sakhilentshangase5187
    @sakhilentshangase5187 8 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    This just reminded me of how much I love choral music... I love choral music maaahhnnn :)

    • @ramaitemasipa6551
      @ramaitemasipa6551 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sakhile Ntshangase are you in one of the choirs? If so which one. I also love choral music. I'd love to listen to your choir

  • @sbusisokhoza1745
    @sbusisokhoza1745 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Master piece 👌

  • @KhanyisaniZulu-ss3xj
    @KhanyisaniZulu-ss3xj 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Marvelous piece

  • @afrocharmusic
    @afrocharmusic 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    One of Bongani Magatyana's brilliant and beautiful compositions!! Top notch GC!!

    • @sandilefakude1722
      @sandilefakude1722 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Masibonge Mavusana

    • @mpumibikitsha6891
      @mpumibikitsha6891 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for this information. Only read about him today on the internet. 🙏🏽

  • @khuselamadlanga5198
    @khuselamadlanga5198 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    But why Africa ,you're moving my soul❤️❤️❤️

  • @vusumzisojada3454
    @vusumzisojada3454 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    WOW THIS CHOIR AND REMIND ME OUR GREATEST QUEEN SEER IN XHOSA NATION.

  • @khuselogqiba937
    @khuselogqiba937 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One has to love this rendition.

  • @bongumusamkhungo3048
    @bongumusamkhungo3048 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Now this is how i get to be reminded of my great days i had back than... Thats what i define as art.

  • @sandilefakude1722
    @sandilefakude1722 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Version IV
    Ilanga lingatshon' emini - B
    (Baphume bonke bengakholwa bo?) - S, A, T.
    Ntombi kaMhlakaza
    (Ukuthi babulal' imfuyo bo!)
    Nongqawuse sethembe kanjani na?
    (Imfuyo bayixabisile bo!)
    Kaze zobuy' inkomo zoBawo?
    (Phupho ndini kaNonqawuse)
    Izokhal' indod' ikhal' indod'
    Inkomo ziphelil
    Sethembe kanjani na?
    Kaze zobuy' inkomo zoBawo?
    (Zonke zatshiswa bo!
    Inkomo zamadoda
    Basele bebambongezansi bo!
    Phupho ndini kaNonqawuse bo!)

  • @ngcalikhanya8448
    @ngcalikhanya8448 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Why aren't we learning about this in our history classes😭

    • @thando425
      @thando425 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mna I did learn it in the class, that is one of the stories that recruited me into politics.

  • @blackmazimotivation
    @blackmazimotivation 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love this song ❤❤😭

  • @babsie3235
    @babsie3235 8 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    You guys are great but u should hear the prisons....they kill this song!

  • @mgk4908
    @mgk4908 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The maturity is on another level.👏

  • @CynthiaManaiwa-xz2qh
    @CynthiaManaiwa-xz2qh 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    👌👌 voices well balance

  • @mojabengsebeela3419
    @mojabengsebeela3419 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Still my number 1😍😍😍😍😍😍💞

  • @Amahle361
    @Amahle361 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow! Wow! Wow! Choral. Music.

  • @sibonisiwemdlalose963
    @sibonisiwemdlalose963 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Too beautiful for words!!!

  • @kwandamjwara3054
    @kwandamjwara3054 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you @Sidwell Njomane nethimba lakho...i'll forever enjoys your voices and Choral groups

  • @NguBobozana_lo
    @NguBobozana_lo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Need more of that bass 😎

  • @luyandamoses6811
    @luyandamoses6811 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This choire wow

  • @geraldndashe
    @geraldndashe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow , how I love this music

  • @errollegana8128
    @errollegana8128 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Does any know if there's a full version of this song anywhere?

  • @thapelomokgosi1382
    @thapelomokgosi1382 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can someone help with the first line Baritone is singing..Words the singing to lead the song

  • @kamokb2272
    @kamokb2272 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is very nice and lovely indeed.. how to download the videos on youtube? any1 help out

  • @rafarametse4932
    @rafarametse4932 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow!!!!!le ya e shapa

  • @malebitsatimbuktu3352
    @malebitsatimbuktu3352 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ave Nongqawuse! The Girl Who Killed To Save - Nongqauwe The Liberator!

  • @tlaly
    @tlaly 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bavume bonke bengakholwa bo! (All agree they were in disbelief!)
    Ukuthi ba bulal'imfuyo bo! (That they killed their livestock!)
    Imfuyo bayixabisile bo! (Livestock they valued so much!)
    Nabaphantsi mebahlolelwe bo! (Even the ancestors were shocked-displeased!)
    Zonke zatshiswa bo! (All were burnt!)
    Iinkomo zamadoda bo! ( Men's cattle!)
    Basale bebambong'ezantsi bo! ( They were left amazed-negatively!)
    Phupha ndini likaNongqawuse bo! (Dream Nongqawuse you imbecile!)
    I tried😊, I'm in between beginner-intermediate level Xhosa speaking.

  • @ramsmeso8273
    @ramsmeso8273 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Simply Beautiful...

  • @Skara555
    @Skara555 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    brings out goosebumps!

  • @onkengxesha277
    @onkengxesha277 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It was a lovely evening !!!!

  • @pridepristoedube7573
    @pridepristoedube7573 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    but your song is incomplete Mr Mhlongo , the sound ends at 4:03 sec

    • @tselengbotlhole750
      @tselengbotlhole750 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pride Pristoe Dube yep
      I thought it was my device

  • @mkdempisi
    @mkdempisi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These are legends

  • @sibonocebanto3764
    @sibonocebanto3764 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice song. Could someone please post the lyrics:)

  • @mariakheswa9225
    @mariakheswa9225 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    wonderful voices keep it up guys

  • @beingmokgadi9633
    @beingmokgadi9633 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Guys, I need a proper edit of this song? Coz it dsnt play the sound towards the end!

  • @sinazosinazo4561
    @sinazosinazo4561 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow wow

  • @gravellorde9347
    @gravellorde9347 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hay, iyasho.

  • @ramsmeso8273
    @ramsmeso8273 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful...

  • @TheCaiphus
    @TheCaiphus 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ayivakali kakuhle qha!

  • @akhatutu3238
    @akhatutu3238 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please, if there is anyone who downloaded the other two removed videos share the.

  • @maziziputsana1235
    @maziziputsana1235 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wow nice song

  • @prettymkhize9854
    @prettymkhize9854 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lovely

  • @josephinemwidya
    @josephinemwidya 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    what is this song saying? Someone please help

  • @phakisomotaung1680
    @phakisomotaung1680 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    PHASHASH!!!!!!!!

  • @Lerumles
    @Lerumles 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Beutiful melody! Sang by powerful voices! But painful lyrics. And a terrible story for Xhosa people at the false prophecy of Nongqawuse!

    • @teressaoatlhotse8547
      @teressaoatlhotse8547 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      what happened in the story?

    • @Lerumles
      @Lerumles 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Teressa Oatlhotse Nongqawuse's community was sick and tired of being oppressed by white people. Nongqawuse then received a vision from the spirits of ancestors that the only way to get rid of the oppressor is to kill all the cattle and burn the fields of grain. When the oppressor sees this, they will be terrified and driven into the sea. Then the ancestors will return the killed cattle. The story continues to say that other your girls bore testimony to Nongqawuse's vision.
      They then killed the cattle and burnt the fields. The oppressor never left, the community has been impoverished ever since.
      The song then says "the men wept because the wealth of the community has been squandered and burnt at the words of Nongqawuse.
      It's painful when I hear an oppressor singing this song. EISH!😭😭😭

    • @soulbrosc
      @soulbrosc 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mpho Lerumo so why is this song so popular and seemingly sung with so much joy? now I'm wishing I had never read your explanation lol

    • @anelenkoyi1995
      @anelenkoyi1995 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There is a lot that need to be uncovered on the story of Nongqawuse intombi kaMhlakaza. At her age, there is no way ikomkhulu would listen to the nonsensical story. Xhosa people at that time would discuss everything that has to do with the nation at the great place. Advisors and intellectuals would be called to analyze the story. We hear non of that happened regarding the story of Nongqawuse. We grew up being told that Nongqawuse saw White men along the coast who then related the most folsified story of the cattle killing. One thing interesting is that we are told that was the arrival of White people in the Cape, when we know that the cattle killing happened in the early 1800's not in the 1600s. There is a lot of inaccuracy in the story that we have been told. The reality of the matter is that there is a possibility that the cattle killing was done to eliminate live stock that was infected by a deseas that came through cattles that were brought deliberately by British settlers to spread it across the Cape.

    • @tetyanaphikolomzi6886
      @tetyanaphikolomzi6886 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@anelenkoyi1995 The status made the elders listen because she was a known traditional healer

  • @kaoneevanaledi2067
    @kaoneevanaledi2067 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    nyc 1...but I cant hear the words, may someone translate it to Setswana language plis

    • @ulisango1543
      @ulisango1543 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Kaone Eva Naledi that's the hardest request ever ,I don't think its posible

    • @ulisango1543
      @ulisango1543 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Kaone Eva Naledi that's the hardest request ever ,I don't think its posible

    • @kaoneevanaledi2067
      @kaoneevanaledi2067 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Uli Sango can u please atleast send those lyrics with that language. please!!!!

    • @MATSEMELAMOLOI79
      @MATSEMELAMOLOI79 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Kaone Eva Naledi Will translate for you

    • @kaoneevanaledi2067
      @kaoneevanaledi2067 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      that will be my pleasure

  • @fundiswamtukushe1297
    @fundiswamtukushe1297 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow

  • @lholhophi7546
    @lholhophi7546 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wrong spelling Nongqawuse not Nonqgawuse!

  • @sixolisemosuli8846
    @sixolisemosuli8846 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    woooooooooooooooow

  • @mapaloramatsella4820
    @mapaloramatsella4820 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    lea bina hle

  • @atlholangbaker9659
    @atlholangbaker9659 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    shuuu this song iyoo

  • @ravenmokowe9863
    @ravenmokowe9863 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    nice

  • @nonhlanhlatlhogi5204
    @nonhlanhlatlhogi5204 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wish a full recovery to Mr Mhlongo .

  • @zihlebebeza8432
    @zihlebebeza8432 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    lyrics anyone please

    • @sandilefakude1722
      @sandilefakude1722 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Zonke zotshiswa bo! Inkomo zamadoda bo! Besala bebamb' ongezansi... phupho ndini lika NongqawuseBass- *Izokhal' indoda, ikhal' indod' inkomo ziphelile*

  • @somelezemazwi7726
    @somelezemazwi7726 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ay sukani madoda

  • @phumlelathanda617
    @phumlelathanda617 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tshisa Base!!!!!!!!!!

    • @sandilefakude1722
      @sandilefakude1722 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Besiy'bambile..... *Izokhal' indoda, ikhal' indod' inkomo ziphelile*

  • @abongilesam346
    @abongilesam346 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    wow wat song

  • @vusikhumalo3036
    @vusikhumalo3036 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    nongqawuse

  • @yamkeladeyi5706
    @yamkeladeyi5706 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    lol the prisoners have killed this track

  • @patiencebambalele1508
    @patiencebambalele1508 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You are not giving it your all. Listen to the prisoners killing the song.

    • @okaymea
      @okaymea 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I listened to them and yeses bayayishaya!!!! They sing better than UJ choir!

    • @tselengbotlhole750
      @tselengbotlhole750 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Patience Bambalele nah
      I prefer this one

  • @zoliswanjenje5974
    @zoliswanjenje5974 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    F b c f

  • @jeromelubabalojacobs8872
    @jeromelubabalojacobs8872 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Shouldn't they be crying singing about one of the worst travesties to befall an African nation? The smiles I find disturbing considering this is a sad sad story.

    • @thando425
      @thando425 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is a sad song, as it is narrating a sad story. Why it is sung by happy faces always baffles me. But I guess even in funerals, there's laughter.

  • @zinikomhlaba383
    @zinikomhlaba383 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These guys are butchering lyrics. They can’t say the words of this great song.

  • @nositababe
    @nositababe 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    🔥🔥🔥🔥 this is the Real One

  • @sinovuyorabaza2736
    @sinovuyorabaza2736 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    woooooow