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Performance on 3: Ladysmith Black Mambazo

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Lucy Duran presents a concert recorded at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the opening night of this month's London Jazz Festival. South Africa's most celebrated musicians perform a benefit concert in aid of the Mambazo Foundation, a trust devoted to spreading knowledge of the songs and dances of the Zulu people.

8.05 Twenty Minutes
Eugene Skeef takes Lucy Duran to the YMCA in Durban, the venue for the weekly all-night contests between local groups singing is icathamiya, the style made famous by Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

8.25 More from Ladysmith Black Mambazo, including an introductory lesson in how to speak Zulu.

Contributors

Presenter:
Lucy Duran
Musician:
Eugene Skeef
Musicians:
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Source: Radio Times

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