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Shosholoza, the Glossary

"Shosholoza" is an Nguni song that was sung by the mixed tribes of gold miners in South Africa.^[1]

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Ndebele
South African folk songs

A cappella

Music performed a cappella, less commonly spelled a capella in English, is music performed by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment.

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A Padroeira

A Padroeira is a Brazilian soap opera produced and broadcast by TV Globo, between 18 June 2001, and 23 February 2002.

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America's Cup

The America's Cup is a sailing competition and the oldest international competition still operating in any sport.

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Apartheid

Apartheid (especially South African English) was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s.

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Biko (song)

"Biko" is an anti-apartheid protest song by English rock musician Peter Gabriel.

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Call and response

Call and response is a form of interaction between a speaker and an audience in which the speaker's statements ("calls") are punctuated by responses from the listeners.

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Call and response (music)

In music, call and response is a compositional technique, often a succession of two distinct phrases that works like a conversation in music.

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Clint Eastwood

Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor and film director.

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Drakensberg Boys' Choir School

Drakensberg Boys Choir School is a choir school located near Winterton, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, at the foot of the Central Drakensberg mountain range.

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Gumboot dance

The gumboot dance (or Isicathulo) is a South African dance that is performed by dancers wearing wellington boots.

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Helmut Lotti

Helmut Lotti (born Helmut Barthold Johannes Alma Lotigiers; 22 October 1969), is a Belgian tenorGoldsmith B (2009).

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I'm for the Hippopotamus

I'm for the Hippopotamus (Io sto con gli ippopotami) is a 1979 Italian adventure comedy film directed by Italo Zingarelli and starring the film duo of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer.

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Invictus is a 2009 biographical sports film directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon, making it the third collaboration between Eastwood and Freeman after Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar Baby (2004).

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John Edmond

John Edmond (born 18 November 1936) is a Rhodesian folk singer and retired soldier who became popular in the 1970s for his Rhodesian patriotic songs.

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King Kong

King Kong, also referred to simply as Kong, is a fictional giant monster, or kaiju, resembling a gorilla, who has appeared in various media since 1933.

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King Kong (1959 musical)

King Kong (1959) was a landmark South African jazz-influenced musical, billed at the time as an "all-African jazz opera".

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Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a South African male choral group singing in the local vocal styles of isicathamiya and mbube.

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Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album

Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album is a compilation album with various artists including both local African and international.

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Nelson Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, politician, and statesman who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

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Nguni languages

The Nguni languages are a group of Bantu languages spoken in southern Africa (mainly South Africa, Zimbabwe and Eswatini) by the Nguni people.

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Northern Ndebele language

Northern Ndebele, also called Ndebele, isiNdebele saseNyakatho, Zimbabwean Ndebele or North Ndebele, associated with the term Matabele, is a Bantu language spoken by the Northern Ndebele people which belongs to the Nguni group of languages. Shosholoza and Northern Ndebele language are Ndebele.

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Northern Ndebele people

The Northern Ndebele people are a Nguni ethnic group native to Southern Africa. Shosholoza and Northern Ndebele people are Ndebele.

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Occupy movement

The Occupy movement was an international populist socio-political movement that expressed opposition to social and economic inequality and to the perceived lack of real democracy around the world.

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Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia (or rarely echoism) is a type of word, or the process of creating a word, that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes.

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Overtone (musical group)

Overtone was an a cappella/vocal band that made its debut in 2006 and originated from Johannesburg, South Africa, best known for their performance on the ''Invictus'' soundtrack and their connection with Clint and Dina Eastwood.

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Pete Seeger

Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and social activist.

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Peter Gabriel

Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer, songwriter and human rights activist.

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PJ Powers

PJ Powers (born Penelope Jane Dunlop, 16 July 1960, Durban) is a South African singer and performer.

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Rhodesia

Rhodesia (Rodizha), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979.

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Robben Island

Robben Island (Robbeneiland) is an island in Table Bay, 6.9 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, north of Cape Town, South Africa.

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Sacha Baron Cohen

Sacha Noam Baron Cohen (סָשָׁה נֹעַם בָּרוֹן כֹּהֵן; born 13 October 1971) is an English comedian, actor, screenwriter and film producer.

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Sérgio Dias

Sérgio Dias Baptista (born December 1, 1950) is a Brazilian rock musician, composer and guitar player.

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Shosholoza Meyl

Shosholoza Meyl is a division of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) that operates long-distance (intercity) passenger rail services.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Soweto Gospel Choir

The Soweto Gospel Choir is a South African gospel group.

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Team Shosholoza

Team Shosholoza is a yacht racing team representing Royal Cape Yacht Club of Cape Town, South Africa, competing in the 2007 America's Cup.

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The Gods Must Be Crazy

The Gods Must Be Crazy is a 1980 comedy film written, produced, edited and directed by Jamie Uys.

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We Shall Overcome (Pete Seeger album)

We Shall Overcome is a 1963 album by Pete Seeger.

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Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shosholoza

Also known as Shosholosa, Shosholoza (single), Tshotsholosa, Tshotsholoza.

Shosholoza, the Glossary

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See also

National symbols of South Africa

National symbols of Zimbabwe

Ndebele

South African folk songs

References