Thandiswa Mazwai: Tiny Desk x globalFEST

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  • Опубликовано: 31 мар 2024
  • In 2021, the Tiny Desk x globalFEST series was created to promote international music discovery. For the last three years, artists from around the globe have performed Tiny Desk (home) concerts from their respective countries, but for the first time this year, artists performed at the Tiny Desk at NPR's headquarters.
    Suraya Mohamed | April 1, 2024
    Thandiswa Mazwai is one of post-apartheid South Africa's most influential musicians. For nearly 30 years she has championed a kind of dance music called Kwaito. The South African genre mixes a variety of rhythms and influences including hip-hop, reggae, jazz and house music.
    This phenomenal set starts with “Nizalwa Ngobani?”, translated from the Xhosa language for “Do you know where you come from?” It’s dedicated to the ever-resilient people of South Africa. “I want to say to my people at home, thank you,” she says. “I am known worldwide because of you.” After, she sings a love song, “Ingoma” with the memorable hook “Ngoma we, ngoma we, ngoma we,” which loosely translates to “You are a song that I never get tired of.”
    She dedicates the next song, “Children of the Soil,” to all the people around the world who find themselves struggling for freedom. “This is our time to use our voices,” she affirms. “This is the time for us to fight for freedom, wherever it is in the world.” “Children of the Soil” will be featured on her soon-to-be-released new album, Sankofa. And she finishes this set with the powerful “Abenguni,” and the catchy upbeat tune “Lahl’umlenze,” with its resilient hook: “Why does it matter how I dance?”
    SET LIST
    “Nizalwa Ngobani?”
    “Ingoma”
    “Children of the Soil”
    “Abenguni”
    “Lahl’umlenze”
    MUSICIANS
    Thandiswa Mazwai: lead vocals
    Lungile (Lulu) Maduna: drums, vocals
    Sunnyboy Mthimunye: guitar
    Tendai Ali Shoko (Shox): bass
    Thabang Tabane: percussion
    Xolani Thabethe: keys, vocals
    TINY DESK TEAM
    Producer: Suraya Mohamed
    Director/Editor: Kara Frame
    Audio Technical Director: Neil Tevault
    Series Producer: Bobby Carter
    Videographers: Kara Frame, Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant, Elizabeth Gillis
    Audio Engineer: Becky Brown
    Production Assistant: Elle Mannion
    Photographer: Zayrha Rodriguez
    Creative Designer: Jackie Lay
    Tiny Desk Team: Ashley Pointer, Hazel Cills
    Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
    globalFEST Team: Isabel Soffer, Bill Bragin, Shanta Thake, Zion Jackson, Ian Thake
    Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
    VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
    #tinydesk #nprmusic #thandiswamazwai
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Комментарии • 6 тыс.

  • @janinepaules9138
    @janinepaules9138 Месяц назад +5762

    Fellow South Africans are we all here?!!🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

  • @i_vanta
    @i_vanta 29 дней назад +2395

    South Africans, I'm taking attendance. Please raise your hand when you hear your name! 🫡🫡

  • @carlos_sniper
    @carlos_sniper 24 дня назад +359

    As a Xhosa South African watching my language being represented to the fullest makes me so emotional, thank you mama Mazwai.🖤 CC

    • @xoliswanxam5489
      @xoliswanxam5489 21 день назад +2

      singazilibali mntase

    • @carlos_sniper
      @carlos_sniper 21 день назад

      @@xoliswanxam5489 jonga, indenza ndi believe kwamna ba vele sithi amabhoza🤣 makwande man

    • @rethabilemogane
      @rethabilemogane 2 дня назад

  • @silkkvegas7167
    @silkkvegas7167 24 дня назад +322

    Zimbabwe approved.. we love u we never forget those Bongo Muffin days 🇿🇼

  • @kliquest
    @kliquest 27 дней назад +874

    More than 90% of Black South Africans can speak and understand English but they choose to sing in their African languages. From Amapiano to Every genre. Embrace your culture the Ancestors are proud

    • @thezveducolloquium3294
      @thezveducolloquium3294 26 дней назад +28

      No lie! That makes your land special and blessed 🙏.

    • @simphiwerini9652
      @simphiwerini9652 24 дня назад +18

      The languages carries our spirit. Just peaking eg isiXhosa the sound of the cliques and is rythm in itself. South african indegenous languages carries a spiritual rythm n trans. Poetry Storytelling singing. An average south african has sung in school or church choir.

    • @notjustanother3191
      @notjustanother3191 24 дня назад +28

      It's tough being God's chosen people but we make do :D

    • @Ngisa
      @Ngisa 24 дня назад +5

      No lie, and I get much better audience reception when singing in ISIXHOSA❤

    • @Taylordessalines
      @Taylordessalines 23 дня назад +1

      Love this.

  • @MalaikaMazwai
    @MalaikaMazwai Месяц назад +2978

    oh my mommy. im immensely proud of you. lets go get em

    • @remotrent7756
      @remotrent7756 Месяц назад +1

    • @dumisamoshani4848
      @dumisamoshani4848 Месяц назад +14

      Been waiting for this performance after you announced🎉🎉🎉

    • @ThibozMahla
      @ThibozMahla Месяц назад

      ❤❤❤❤❤

    • @thandondwandwe3987
      @thandondwandwe3987 Месяц назад +8

      All love, she did amazing & she's always been ❤️🇿🇦🔥🙌🏾

    • @njabumabu5224
      @njabumabu5224 Месяц назад +16

      The way you celebrate your mum is so beautiful, nana❤❤❤❤

  • @intentionaldrumming
    @intentionaldrumming 23 дня назад +195

    I'm Irish and I just love good music...no matter where it's from. This is magic music to me, I love it. This lady is fantastic, and the musicians behind her are amazing. I would listen to this all day long. Thank you Tiny desk for another gem!

  • @jessicaonuorah3330
    @jessicaonuorah3330 24 дня назад +152

    Am Nigerian🇳🇬 Just stumbled upon her tiny desk concert. Am an advocate of singing in our natural language. That first song is so nice❤️❤️❤️

    • @kingmoney9386
      @kingmoney9386 6 дней назад +1

      The song is from her 1996 debut album called Zabalaza. Listen to that album it's beautiful from start to the end👌🏽🔥🔥🔥

  • @elleteephoenix9132
    @elleteephoenix9132 Месяц назад +1857

    Tiny desk was so lucky, this woman is a living legend

  • @cutykerry
    @cutykerry 29 дней назад +1070

    Kenyans Checking in because we love SouthAfrica!! 🇰🇪 ❤

  • @koketsonketane9631
    @koketsonketane9631 25 дней назад +138

    If everyone here turned on their subtitles while listening to her sing you’d really be in tears

    • @nelsonoliphant3778
      @nelsonoliphant3778 21 день назад +5

      You're a star

    • @naograndi1214
      @naograndi1214 12 дней назад +1

      That's exactly what happened to me. I was at my desk and the subtitles were on and I was able to understand what she was saying and it was so impact-full.. I felt deeply connect to my African spiritual roots and somehow something shifted in me..like a stronger urge to make my ancestors proud. I am a singer songwriter as well.💚💚💚 (Naomie 'Ngozi' Grandison")

    • @nomahawumkhize5099
      @nomahawumkhize5099 9 дней назад

      Superstar wena!! 🤌🏾

  • @naograndi1214
    @naograndi1214 12 дней назад +36

    I am from St. Lucia in the Caribbean and this music as had such a positive impact on me since viewing and discovering. An amazing artist .. happy I found her. I listen to her everyday now. More blessings and light to the South African people :)

  • @sivemente6525
    @sivemente6525 Месяц назад +467

    Im challenging myself everytime my comment gets liked I'll watch this video again

  • @jarredabrahams
    @jarredabrahams 28 дней назад +528

    Being South African is a flex 🇿🇦

  • @tshotetsiphosa518
    @tshotetsiphosa518 25 дней назад +73

    Basotho in the house, we can't miss on action like this , absolute greatness!!!

  • @kamogelobaikgodiso1937
    @kamogelobaikgodiso1937 25 дней назад +67

    I grew up listening to Thandiswa as a little boy while she was with the band Bongo Muffin. They were a Christmas staple. I'm 35 in a few months. The last album I bought by her was "Ibokwe". God has gifted her with immense singing talent and I pray one day she meets Jesus Christ and uses the talent to introduce Him to others.

    • @tspen4128
      @tspen4128 25 дней назад +2

      Same same. Crazy how time flies...feels like it was just yesterday I was a little boy vibing to bongo muffin😅

    • @AshleyMels
      @AshleyMels 23 дня назад +3

      Wow, this comment is deep!
      Especially that last sentence.
      I’m standing in faith with you as a fellow South African 🇿🇦.

    • @user-xv2sw2fx3r
      @user-xv2sw2fx3r 20 дней назад +5

      "Nizilibele uk'ba nizalwa ngobani"

    • @UngiphileSwelankomo
      @UngiphileSwelankomo 14 дней назад +1

      Why are you trying to divert her from what she believes? She's proud of her spiritual beliefs ,you are who she sings about "nizilibele nizalwa ngobani"

    • @kamogelobaikgodiso1937
      @kamogelobaikgodiso1937 14 дней назад

      @@UngiphileSwelankomo okay.

  • @cristetia
    @cristetia 27 дней назад +337

    Who still goes insane when they hear Ingoma? What a Classic.

    • @mondemeyi482
      @mondemeyi482 20 дней назад +5

      Every Time 🥺❤ Lapho Ndili 2k 😂

    • @KapturedKorporations
      @KapturedKorporations 19 дней назад

      Drives me crazy 😂🥺🤌🏽😍

    • @zodwamdoda1069
      @zodwamdoda1069 19 дней назад +3

      Everytime she sings she give me goose bumps🔥🔥🔥

  • @lettienahole1512
    @lettienahole1512 Месяц назад +1827

    Namibia 🇳🇦 checking in because Thandiswa is for all of us Africans

    • @mugumearnold6523
      @mugumearnold6523 Месяц назад +51

      From Uganda , for us all Africans❤❤❤

    • @sikem6232
      @sikem6232 Месяц назад +5

      ❤️❤️❤️

    • @LwaZulu88
      @LwaZulu88 Месяц назад

      Nah just for us South Africans. Y’all like to steal from us🙄

    • @tia_tha_blq_hppie
      @tia_tha_blq_hppie Месяц назад +1

      ❤❤❤

    • @ThabisoLedwaba9
      @ThabisoLedwaba9 Месяц назад +13

      We welcome you Namibian Queen ❤

  • @SiyaMiti_the1st
    @SiyaMiti_the1st 25 дней назад +37

    For those who need to know - "ndinebhongo ndiya ziqhenya ngawe mz' ontsundu" means "I am proud of you, I take pride in you African (people of African descent)."

  • @rorisangp
    @rorisangp 25 дней назад +66

    Africans showing love in the comments is such a beautiful thing to see ❤️
    Love and appreciations from SA 🇿🇦
    Bless up.

  • @tkx86
    @tkx86 Месяц назад +1143

    To the individual who is reading this please quit overthinking everything every day and night . Stop obsessing over your failures. Stop doubting yourself and seeing the greatness in everyone else but you. You are better than that. You deserve more. Start showing up differently to yourself. Believe in yourself. God wont ever hand you something you cant handle. You are a star in this world . may God Bless whoever sees this

  • @ashleyhawkes7862
    @ashleyhawkes7862 Месяц назад +734

    American girl here! No clue what shes saying, however
    nothing but chills running throughout my body!!! Much love & respect to Africa!!!

    • @someonesson5928
      @someonesson5928 Месяц назад +35

      turn on captions if you haven't yet and rewatch it

    • @someonesson5928
      @someonesson5928 Месяц назад +20

      they are translated in English

    • @jongilanga1
      @jongilanga1 Месяц назад +16

      trust me some south africans don’t understand either, but the sheer beauty of the music takes one THERE.

    • @ashleyhawkes7862
      @ashleyhawkes7862 Месяц назад +5

      @@someonesson5928 thanks for the tip!

    • @mugumearnold6523
      @mugumearnold6523 Месяц назад

      I think she is a Zulu , or a swana don't. Know

  • @nemakondetendanisharon7085
    @nemakondetendanisharon7085 24 дня назад +68

    My fellow South African come lets gather here, i love you Thandiswa you are soo gud❤❤❤

  • @mphotsoai4727
    @mphotsoai4727 24 дня назад +32

    Am i the only one that got goosebumps listening to the 1st song 🇿🇦

    • @nuttyynyce1206
      @nuttyynyce1206 22 дня назад

      I love it with all my heart ❤️

    • @nuttyynyce1206
      @nuttyynyce1206 22 дня назад

      I love it with all my heart ❤

    • @zinhlendlovu1156
      @zinhlendlovu1156 20 дней назад +1

      That song always brings tears to my eyes and motivates me. whenever ifeel like giving up she says "Nizilibele uba nizalwa ngobani"yoh guys this song so

    • @mahlatseledwaba7020
      @mahlatseledwaba7020 18 дней назад

    • @mlondidlamini6363
      @mlondidlamini6363 13 дней назад

      😎

  • @Locqueen-tp9ip
    @Locqueen-tp9ip 25 дней назад +545

    I’m Black American. First time hearing this artist. Her voice, her style, her creativity is simply enchanting. Thank you Tiny Desk for showcasing Amazing Talent 🥹

    • @neomobango584
      @neomobango584 23 дня назад +7

      South african foke music, we call her style afro pop this side

    • @tfmathe
      @tfmathe 23 дня назад +7

      African authentic, Xhosa in origin like Mama Meriam Makeba. Camagu Locqueen

    • @user-bx6nl8bz8j
      @user-bx6nl8bz8j 22 дня назад +9

      Check out The Soil, Samthing Soweto, obvious Miriam Makeba, Oliver Mtukudzi (Zimbabwe) and Siya Makuzeni. Noora Noor (Somali living in Norway) is excellent also (album: Soul Deep).

    • @actuallywhatthehellissouth158
      @actuallywhatthehellissouth158 22 дня назад +5

      There’s more where she came from

    • @user-xv2sw2fx3r
      @user-xv2sw2fx3r 20 дней назад +7

      You should check out Sinphiwe Dana, Zahara, Siphokazi, Camagwini if you like the vibe of this music. All Xhosa soulful artists.

  • @ntandokazimbana
    @ntandokazimbana Месяц назад +592

    Now all we need is a Ringo Madlingozi Tiny Desk Concert and my life will be complete 🤞🏾

  • @JaphtaKhoza-hq9um
    @JaphtaKhoza-hq9um 23 дня назад +38

    South Africa is very rich in indigenous music that is yet to be showcased .. the popularity of Amapiano has led to us undermining how deep our pool of music go... Wish there can be More of this pls.

    • @sunsetwavey
      @sunsetwavey 23 дня назад +11

      Speaking as an outsider, amapiano led me to discover all the other genres and styles of music SA has. I have learned about SA history and language all because of amapiano.

    • @Jamie-bv2wv
      @Jamie-bv2wv 21 день назад

      Check out the music of Moses Molelekwa and Sibongile Khumalo

  • @lungelotriss0525
    @lungelotriss0525 17 дней назад +9

    Her raw vocals capture the struggle and tell a story of the past and present. Such a talent 🇿🇦

  • @ktheko
    @ktheko Месяц назад +821

    TinyDesk has no idea what treasure they have bought here.....
    Thandiswa, legendary moment here.....

    • @dj.conkey802
      @dj.conkey802 25 дней назад

      I totally agree 👍🏾

    • @mandisamlambo5742
      @mandisamlambo5742 24 дня назад

      I wouldn't have said it any better!

    • @deityworks_
      @deityworks_ 16 дней назад

      I think they do. Hence they chose her to display her ART. NPR never disappoints. 💐

  • @rashid_kay
    @rashid_kay Месяц назад +953

    Thandiswa should have won a Grammy a long time ago. She’s absolutely the best👑🇿🇦

    • @mugumearnold6523
      @mugumearnold6523 Месяц назад +45

      The Grammy is so complicated , it plays dirty, some good artists don't have even one but the Grammy doesn't own good music , as long an artist loves what he or she is doing , the Grammy is nothing , music cannot be determined by a Grammy , some artists are put down because they don't have a Grammy , artists should be left to fly without thinking about the Grammy ❤❤ let her fly high because we know she doesn't need a Grammy to be great❤❤❤❤

    • @user-re5ti4my8c
      @user-re5ti4my8c Месяц назад +11

      Hello there, I fully concur with you, but I stand to be corrected her first silo album, did win Kora Award, that is equivalent to Grammy. I never get tired of listening to her music.❤❤

    • @yedwanagumede5650
      @yedwanagumede5650 Месяц назад

      Speak​@@mugumearnold6523

    • @hairylarry1097
      @hairylarry1097 Месяц назад +1

      ftsek!

    • @kaione
      @kaione Месяц назад +12

      We can take the one from Tyla and give it to her.... no comments pliz we just passing the message

  • @elishakapambwe5392
    @elishakapambwe5392 21 день назад +29

    I’m Zambian 🇿🇲 and really appreciate our African divers and rich cultures ❤️❤️❤️

  • @hannaarias993
    @hannaarias993 22 дня назад +22

    I am colombian and This is amazing! ❤thank you for sharing so much power in This music

  • @thabomboweni8285
    @thabomboweni8285 Месяц назад +594

    20 years later, Zabalaza is still one of the best albums produced in SA.

  • @sabastian_e_wilson
    @sabastian_e_wilson 28 дней назад +527

    Brown skin baby Checking in from the US, I don't know who my ancestors are but I know where my heart lives. I love you, all people's, languages, spiritualities, colors and nations of Mother Africa. ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼 UNIFY

  • @uthimnanape994
    @uthimnanape994 22 дня назад +19

    LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT AFRICANS AND DRUMS!!!
    I was hypnotized for a minute there😮.

  • @senamilesishi6129
    @senamilesishi6129 Месяц назад +279

    She’s not just a singer, she is a healer 🤍

    • @ndumisombambo6865
      @ndumisombambo6865 26 дней назад +4

      Absolutely

    • @marymogashoa1258
      @marymogashoa1258 12 дней назад +1

      Totally Agree!A Healing Legend indeed!!!!!❤Indigenous Knowledge Systems Viva!!!!AFRICA VIVA🎉

  • @akimbah
    @akimbah 26 дней назад +296

    Am from Sierra Leone I love South African music stand up Africa

    • @dj.conkey802
      @dj.conkey802 25 дней назад +4

      With love from South Africa 🇿🇦 all the way to Sierra Leone🇸🇱 ❤❤❤❤

    • @lakerlife9817
      @lakerlife9817 23 дня назад +3

      Afric....is amazing....the continent is where God's visit and dwell...

  • @lebogangkananto9779
    @lebogangkananto9779 17 дней назад +17

    No one talks enough about how cool the drum guy's top is. 🙌🏾✨️

  • @pascalbedoire1244
    @pascalbedoire1244 23 дня назад +27

    This is probably one of the absolute best Tiny Desks imo ever!!

  • @melissasmith5059
    @melissasmith5059 Месяц назад +484

    Why am I crying , it’s 7:34am South African time. I’m stuck in traffic going to work and this just made me appreciate my life more. We are all blessed in different ways , God makes no mistakes. Glory be to God and Long life to our ancestors. Never ever forget where we come from.

    • @TaboMhambi
      @TaboMhambi 29 дней назад +10

      CAMAGU 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @izzy_hatake
      @izzy_hatake 29 дней назад +3

      Can we talk about lobola mel 😍😂

    • @Roseygold
      @Roseygold 29 дней назад

    • @phamphiletsoalo6101
      @phamphiletsoalo6101 29 дней назад

      Most definitely 🔥

    • @Mostacs
      @Mostacs 29 дней назад +1

      May the Lord bless you and keep you all your life Melissa! Keep Beholding Him and keep sharing His goodness to the world. Love from the Free state Bloemfontein 🇿🇦🕊️

  • @OmegaBlitzkrieg
    @OmegaBlitzkrieg Месяц назад +606

    NPR, thank you. Thandiswa Mazwai has gained a new fan from the United States.

  • @theamazingworship111
    @theamazingworship111 23 дня назад +14

    Im fighting brain cancer on my own with my two young children this song is really the only thing keeping me from losing it. 🙏🙏🙏

    • @nae1487
      @nae1487 22 дня назад +1

      God be with you

    • @theamazingworship111
      @theamazingworship111 22 дня назад

      Amen. Thank you very much. May God bless you all the days of your life. Have a Blessed day!@@nae1487

    • @redibonemohlamonyane6239
      @redibonemohlamonyane6239 21 день назад

    • @Zintathu-js6qv
      @Zintathu-js6qv 21 день назад

      Keep the faith and the fight going sending❤ strength 💪 and courage over u....

    • @melisagotgrace
      @melisagotgrace 17 дней назад

      Praying for you ❤

  • @mathewswandera7597
    @mathewswandera7597 20 дней назад +20

    Africa represented to the fullest!!!....mob love from 🇰🇪

  • @LoveNxumalo
    @LoveNxumalo Месяц назад +329

    This woman is 48 years old and still looking this gorgeous!!!!!!!!

    • @dineoaglenta1093
      @dineoaglenta1093 28 дней назад +5

      SHE. IS. GORGEOUS!

    • @sibulelesapepa9534
      @sibulelesapepa9534 28 дней назад +9

      And sounding even more amazing than she looks. She's evergreen😍

    • @lulamamjikeliso2617
      @lulamamjikeliso2617 27 дней назад +7

      Black don't cracks honneeeeyyy😊

    • @FitnessGorillaa
      @FitnessGorillaa 23 дня назад +1

      Overweight though

    • @thembsimtumtum1707
      @thembsimtumtum1707 22 дня назад +1

      She's looking very gorgeous but hay ikhulile intombi endala guess it's because haven't watched her in a long while but also hearing her age I understand

  • @nkulehbiyase7359
    @nkulehbiyase7359 Месяц назад +177

    To the person who chose Thandiswa we can’t thank you enough 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

  • @amandamahlangu6374
    @amandamahlangu6374 14 дней назад +16

    metro FM must honor her with a lifetime achievement award.

  • @nontsikelelohofman292
    @nontsikelelohofman292 9 дней назад +3

    Let's get this to a million views! South Africans niphi?

  • @nkanyezimiya6456
    @nkanyezimiya6456 Месяц назад +668

    What an experience! 🥹🇿🇦
    Proudly South African Button ↙️

  • @AFRICDIAS-ls5ss
    @AFRICDIAS-ls5ss Месяц назад +191

    Mosotho based in Washington checking IN as I should.

    • @sediranks1617
      @sediranks1617 28 дней назад +7

      Ao ngwaneso, ke thabela ho utlwa hore honale Basotho di bakeng tse kgolo jwalo hle 🥹❤️

  • @BeeYou0000
    @BeeYou0000 22 дня назад +16

    "Ndinebhongo, ndiyaziqhenya ngawe mzontsundu" 🔥🔥🔥 KingTha 👑👑👑

  • @teriverse
    @teriverse 25 дней назад +22

    South Africa to the WORLD!!! Thandiswa Mazwai is a legend in music 🇿🇦🌟

  • @tumiintholeng7112
    @tumiintholeng7112 Месяц назад +367

    Leaving a comment so whenever someone likes the video I can come watch it again❤

  • @sibushimotshwanedi7821
    @sibushimotshwanedi7821 29 дней назад +215

    Are we not gonna say anything about the percussionist?🔥🔥🔥

  • @buyisizwedlamini
    @buyisizwedlamini 25 дней назад +20

    Eswatini 🇸🇿🇸🇿🇸🇿 we love to see it

  • @mahlodiqm298
    @mahlodiqm298 19 дней назад +9

    That ululation after Ingoma hit my core❤❤❤

  • @hyginusobiasogu5230
    @hyginusobiasogu5230 28 дней назад +297

    I'm Nigerian, just hearing this amazing South African group for the first time and I really can't get enough of the great songs with so much African original flavours. Incredible Thandiswa!!! Incredible indeed!!! She reminds me of Mama Africa - Miriam Makeba, Yvonne Chaka Chaka etc. Thank you SA for giving us these great women. Africa is so blessed. Much love from Nigeria 🇳🇬. One Africa, one love❤👍💯

    • @Thato_
      @Thato_ 28 дней назад +15

      She is a solo artist now. Watch her younger days with her group 'Bongo Baffin'.One love.

    • @hyginusobiasogu5230
      @hyginusobiasogu5230 28 дней назад +3

      @@Thato_ Thanks Thato, indeed since after seeing this video, I've been exploring her many other performances. She's just amazing!

    • @Thato_
      @Thato_ 28 дней назад +1

      @hyginusobiasogu5230 Welcome. She is! Oh that's great enjoy!

    • @thandohbooboonzama6135
      @thandohbooboonzama6135 26 дней назад +5

      You should attend one of South African Jazz festivals you will be amazed by Talent South Africa and Africa has

    • @MacMelo
      @MacMelo 25 дней назад

      Solo

  • @blkgirlsarepengg5694
    @blkgirlsarepengg5694 25 дней назад +162

    I’m not even South African I’m Nigerian and I was so happy to see this wow🥹❤️❤️

  • @nelsonoliphant3778
    @nelsonoliphant3778 21 день назад +8

    Turn on captions/subtitles it's poetry indeed

  • @unathinjalomadonselai3769
    @unathinjalomadonselai3769 19 дней назад +9

    Glad King Tha is getting the recognition she deserves its been a long time coming. One of our GOATs

  • @boitumeloshezi_sa
    @boitumeloshezi_sa Месяц назад +215

    My problem is the 19 minutes session. 😢. This is the best thing I've ever seen for 2024

    • @zamokwakhesishi6528
      @zamokwakhesishi6528 Месяц назад

      this came and went so quickly angeke bandla @tinydesk owes us at least 3parts

    • @autumnstoptwo
      @autumnstoptwo Месяц назад +1

      truly

    • @jaydasg53
      @jaydasg53 24 дня назад +1

      The pain that lands in my heart when this vid ends😤 this woman got an insane catalogue 🔥🤞🏾

    • @kholisaable
      @kholisaable 24 дня назад

      A very big beautiful problem

    • @boitumeloshezi_sa
      @boitumeloshezi_sa 20 дней назад

      @@jaydasg53 We'll await the new project

  • @sofiarajab1814
    @sofiarajab1814 Месяц назад +343

    The RUclips algorithm never disappoints!!!! We love this woman in Kenya 🇰🇪 From South Africa 🇿🇦 to the world 🌎 Bless you Thandiswa!!!!!! Forever talented ❤🎉

    • @rizikimumba2150
      @rizikimumba2150 Месяц назад +2

      A legend indeed. I'm so happy listening to her right now. Ingoma has a special place in my heart. 🔥🔥🔥
      Loads of love from 🇰🇪

  • @mbalikubheka251
    @mbalikubheka251 24 дня назад +17

    MAN!!!!!! angazi mina.... kodwa, I'll be coming back here every now and then. love this lady so much

  • @drtalkboxsa9412
    @drtalkboxsa9412 Месяц назад +345

    I see Xoli Thabethe on Keys and bv, Lulu on drums, Sonnyboy Mthimunye on guitars. Proud of South African cats

    • @d_triqxonthefixx
      @d_triqxonthefixx Месяц назад +15

      The Zimbabwean bass player is too smooth too give him his creds

    • @Mulalo-ug2zw
      @Mulalo-ug2zw Месяц назад +6

      I think the dude on bass guitar is Zimbabwean, according to his name

    • @tumisanggololo5671
      @tumisanggololo5671 Месяц назад +7

      Yall shouldn’t forget Shoxx on bass!!!!!!!!!❤

    • @drtalkboxsa9412
      @drtalkboxsa9412 Месяц назад +1

      Oh yes , Shoxx

    • @MasekoConverse
      @MasekoConverse Месяц назад +2

      This band was on fire

  • @shaunmaduna3523
    @shaunmaduna3523 Месяц назад +285

    When we count the best musically gifted artists from SA ...we count Thandiswa twice

  • @Tom-rf2ht
    @Tom-rf2ht 21 день назад +10

    That album is probably top 3 South African albums of all time. It's perfect.

  • @dollyogle6172
    @dollyogle6172 14 дней назад +2

    The comments section had me in tears, its heartwarming❤. Ive been trying to LIKE all of them but i think it will take me years😂😂😂😂

  • @theodoreharlan1428
    @theodoreharlan1428 26 дней назад +188

    0:00 Nizalwa Ngobani?
    3:41 Ingoma
    7:00 Children of the Soil
    10:49 Abenguni
    16:05 Lahl’umlenze

    • @relaxwithme1598
      @relaxwithme1598 24 дня назад +4

      Never heard Children of the Soil before. is it a new song?

    • @kagisopoo7484
      @kagisopoo7484 24 дня назад +3

      Yet to be released.

    • @jabulanitheron9268
      @jabulanitheron9268 23 дня назад

      ​@@relaxwithme1598 I thought she was freestyling because I also don't know it

    • @chwayitatafeni2964
      @chwayitatafeni2964 22 дня назад +1

      🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @zinhlendlovu1156
      @zinhlendlovu1156 20 дней назад +1

      Zabalaza was and still is one of the greatest albums from SA

  • @klautblvdtv
    @klautblvdtv Месяц назад +158

    If you're south african, like this to mark the register❤

  • @njabuloxaba...
    @njabuloxaba... 23 дня назад +9

    Never know how big our people are, until we see them on platforms watched by the rest of the world.

  • @Sisa.N
    @Sisa.N 22 дня назад +14

    The first song in essence is saying you’ve forgotten who birthed you, you were birthed by legends! 😭🤍🤍🤍🤍

  • @luvonkewu7778
    @luvonkewu7778 7 дней назад +2

    Representation is so important ... Rise Africa Rise !

  • @sphumessanctum7050
    @sphumessanctum7050 Месяц назад +432

    I have NEVER CLICKED ON A VIDEO SO QUICKLY!!! We love you Thandiswa!!! Thank you for continually putting us on the map with your impeccable quality 😭🥳🔥🙌🏾 🇿🇦!!!

  • @tellitubbie8
    @tellitubbie8 27 дней назад +113

    Who else cried? Whew! 🥹 Sis’ Thandiswa, we are SO SO proud of you. This was spiritual as always ❤️🇿🇦

    • @datechniqdude5493
      @datechniqdude5493 26 дней назад +1

      Crying right now like literally

    • @thebluebeyond2329
      @thebluebeyond2329 26 дней назад +3

      😂😂I’m crying inside.

    • @dj.conkey802
      @dj.conkey802 25 дней назад

      Yeah! That performance definitely evoked a crazy amount of emotions 😢😅

    • @Dumizulu_Rain
      @Dumizulu_Rain 25 дней назад

      ​@@thebluebeyond2329aowa bathong 😂😂

    • @paulinemagoxo486
      @paulinemagoxo486 10 дней назад +1

      I cried and cried 😢😢😢😢

  • @Stacetheface
    @Stacetheface 12 дней назад +2

    Have they given Thandiswa her flowers yet? 😭😭❤️❤️ She literally speaks to my soul.
    I absolutely love her 🥺

  • @faithmakena6013
    @faithmakena6013 17 дней назад +4

    I come here daily to fill up my cup. Thanks Sis Thandiswa

  • @streetkos1130
    @streetkos1130 Месяц назад +195

    Fellows SAns, lets get this historic moment to 1M views before the week ends❤🎉 I'm so proud of King Tha🇿🇦🇿🇦

  • @scelosamkelo
    @scelosamkelo Месяц назад +249

    She performed Ingoma, I'm crying 😭😭🥹

    • @siyabongamasango4590
      @siyabongamasango4590 Месяц назад +6

      Im a 25 year old man and i am here crying by myself. I'm in a spiritual plane i never knew existed

    • @thabaninjokwe3439
      @thabaninjokwe3439 Месяц назад +2

      UMlenzi is my jam 😭😭

    • @scelosamkelo
      @scelosamkelo Месяц назад

      @@siyabongamasango4590 it's too beautiful, man, we really need something like this. I can't wait for her new album.

    • @scelosamkelo
      @scelosamkelo Месяц назад +1

      @@thabaninjokwe3439 That's a very nice song, man🙌🏿.

    • @ntobekomtimkulu239
      @ntobekomtimkulu239 Месяц назад +1

      Really enjoyed this live rendition of it, despite the song not being a personal favourite. Did anyone notice how the guitarist gave it a bit of a Reggae riff?

  • @starlight7739
    @starlight7739 20 дней назад +6

    I swear this lady every time she sings its a spiritual celebration, uvusa abaphansi.goose bumps moments and it was too short.

  • @user-bz7vt6gm6o
    @user-bz7vt6gm6o 24 дня назад +13

    Eastern Cape where you belong , beautiful Xhosa singer ❤❤❤🇿🇦

  • @buhledasheka1418
    @buhledasheka1418 Месяц назад +80

    When she sings she's seem like she's not even trying.
    THIS IS PURE TALENT❤😭

  • @DutPoet
    @DutPoet Месяц назад +150

    Thandiswa gained a new fan from Germany! Thanks NPR.

  • @annekeburns380
    @annekeburns380 15 дней назад +4

    Wow we grew up listening to her but wow she's really shining here. And I'm loving these comments 🎉

  • @backrowstar_sa8860
    @backrowstar_sa8860 24 дня назад +8

    This the only reason why I'm proud to be South African

  • @karabomasemola6408
    @karabomasemola6408 Месяц назад +138

    Let's get this video to 1million by the end of the week. South Africa stand up

    • @Rami_A
      @Rami_A Месяц назад +3

      Watseba i wasn’t expecting this , she’s a superstar.

    • @boipelomoloele9087
      @boipelomoloele9087 29 дней назад +3

      Just here to make your day and say we are almost at 10M😊

    • @boipelomoloele9087
      @boipelomoloele9087 29 дней назад +1

      Just here to make your day and say that we are fast approaching the 10M mark

  • @AnnAdeva1
    @AnnAdeva1 Месяц назад +242

    I AM SCREAMING 😭😭😭😭 I love her so much. I thank my parents for raising me with her music. Love from a Namibian 🇳🇦 watching in Germany 🇩🇪🤎🤎🤎

    • @mugumearnold6523
      @mugumearnold6523 Месяц назад +2

      Hope you are proud to be black and African to embrace your roots , ❤❤❤❤ Africa is blessed , with all things , Europeans admire our endurance , Africa , God loves you❤❤

    • @thabangmaledi2975
      @thabangmaledi2975 23 дня назад

      Your parents have impeccable taste in music.

  • @sibusisomati3736
    @sibusisomati3736 24 дня назад +16

    Xhosa music is so soulful, God has blessed Afrika. Shine Mazwai!!!

  • @lwazibasholo3733
    @lwazibasholo3733 24 дня назад +14

    Lahlum’mlenze completely sent me 🕺🏿🕺🏿🎉🎉

  • @Bmad12
    @Bmad12 29 дней назад +65

    I am not South African but I am here and I love you

  • @maryx5070
    @maryx5070 Месяц назад +201

    Black people across the diaspora make luxurious music !

    • @terridennis9185
      @terridennis9185 29 дней назад +1

      That's the truth

    • @Nhlanhla_msiza
      @Nhlanhla_msiza 29 дней назад +20

      Yeah but this woman is from the mother land, she's a South african

    • @boipelomoloele9087
      @boipelomoloele9087 29 дней назад +17

      Except this specific artist is NOT from the diaspora, King Tha is a Xhosa woman from South Africa

    • @boipelomoloele9087
      @boipelomoloele9087 28 дней назад +1

      @simphiwinkosindaba1036 yes I know exactly what the diaspora is, mme Thandiswa is a South African woman o dulang mo South Africa unless she has moved abroad in recent years and I am unaware.

  • @amandahawker
    @amandahawker 13 дней назад +5

    Pro tip to those struggling to understand the lyrics. Go to Settings and select Closed Caption (United States). It will elevate your experience.

  • @lindilelubabalozulu8476
    @lindilelubabalozulu8476 21 день назад +7

    Thandiswa sings about African unity and wena you still like "Rise South Africa" , she's our African pride. She says exactly what CIC says but you don't want to listen mxm

  • @charmainemiller4936
    @charmainemiller4936 27 дней назад +91

    Jamaica in the house loving good vibes 🎶🎶🎶💯💯

    • @sunnyjupita
      @sunnyjupita 25 дней назад +1

      Love to Jamaica! I hope you hear the raggae influence in the second song "Ingoma!" Thank you Jamaica!

  • @lebogangabunhlapo
    @lebogangabunhlapo Месяц назад +69

    Being South African (🇿🇦) is consistently becoming a big flex! The most nostalgic NPR Tiny Desk concert - hands down.
    🇿🇦 to the 🌎 - I will be camping here all year!

  • @user-jg8zp1xw6x
    @user-jg8zp1xw6x 18 дней назад +7

    Lifikile ithuba lokuzi veza ndingubani na…… ndizibike inkaba yam, ndibange umlilo ka Tatam, amanzi ka mamam ❤️ I’m falling from the stars into my mothers belly …..spiritually 😭😭😭😭😭 powerful . Enkosi Thandiswa for giving texture to my innermost feelings on Children of the soil and Kulungile

  • @DaddiesLittleGirl03
    @DaddiesLittleGirl03 17 дней назад +2

    This Aunty is beautiful 😥 First time hearing her and I'm blown away.

  • @wanelisaxaba6172
    @wanelisaxaba6172 29 дней назад +85

    To the international community: this is the sonic spiritual and ancestral text of a whole generation of South Africa! camagu Mamiya

    • @SisandaMyataza
      @SisandaMyataza 29 дней назад +1

      EWE!!!!

    • @zinhlendlovu1156
      @zinhlendlovu1156 20 дней назад +3

      Have you listened to Thongo Lam live..all my ancestors wake up when i listen to that song😂😂😂😂 some spiritual thing happens to me

    • @wanelisaxaba6172
      @wanelisaxaba6172 13 дней назад

      @@SisandaMyataza

    • @wanelisaxaba6172
      @wanelisaxaba6172 13 дней назад

      @@zinhlendlovu1156 same :)

  • @ntwezimnandinwabityanda9733
    @ntwezimnandinwabityanda9733 28 дней назад +39

    METROfm better do the right thing and give Thandiswa her lifetime achievement award NOW while she still BREATHES.... Siyabulela mntana womgquba usimele!!

  • @DaLuxRk2023
    @DaLuxRk2023 21 день назад +6

    My teens she was my favorite and finding my young self immersed in her songs and being the only one who listened to her within my peers and going into trans without understanding what was going on. This woman invoked great pride in me as a black African girl and I held firm in my ethnicity in a world where people were trying to be anything but themselves.
    God bless you sis Thandiswa and great to see Sunny boy still playing with you. RIP Sisa Sopazi miss you too.

  • @kumosunfilteredconvospodca9615
    @kumosunfilteredconvospodca9615 23 дня назад +7

    I'm Zambian and watching this on a Solae Eclipse is so powerful!I don't understand what's being said but I feel the energy of our ancestors! Also, her hair with the cowrie shells is so beautiful! I also noticed the Palestinian earring on the drummer! The South African and Palestinian solidarity going so HARD! Love to see it👏

    • @sunsetwavey
      @sunsetwavey 23 дня назад

      Turn on the subtitles and rewatch like I did and you’ll see the amazing lyrics on display

  • @nnzenirasibendele5988
    @nnzenirasibendele5988 Месяц назад +280

    South Africans let’s sign in here👇