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anghara 's video of Ladysmith Black Mambazo (and extra guests) singing The Lion Sleeps Tonight here's a version of ZULU singing the same song, 'Mbube' in Zulu. It's a bit more raw than the ladysmith version. Closer to the original, I suspect, without the overtones of 'Wimoweh' which is the Americanised version, of course. ZULU is the group I've written about before. I'm working with them here in the UK. The vid was filmed by my son in law, Ian Kenton, at Wallingford Festival last September. Lead vocalist on this song is Zama Siphengana. The company - only 6 of them - are all genuine Zulus from Umlazi Township (Durban). There's four tracks here if you want to hear more.
anghara 's video of Ladysmith Black Mambazo (and extra guests) singing The Lion Sleeps Tonight here's a version of ZULU singing the same song, 'Mbube' in Zulu. It's a bit more raw than the ladysmith version. Closer to the original, I suspect, without the overtones of 'Wimoweh' which is the Americanised version, of course. ZULU is the group I've written about before. I'm working with them here in the UK. The vid was filmed by my son in law, Ian Kenton, at Wallingford Festival last September. Lead vocalist on this song is Zama Siphengana. The company - only 6 of them - are all genuine Zulus from Umlazi Township (Durban). There's four tracks here if you want to hear more.
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