“Umuntu Othulile” by Izintombi Zesi Manje Manje - album review

features in: Album Chart of 1979 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1970s

Good album, though not in the same class as previous efforts, largely down to this new “soulful” vibe which is infiltrating the mbaqanga scene in South Africa right now. To boot, the organ playing lacks cool. In short – the fire is alive but it’s no longer raging.

The Jukebox Rebel
24–May–2012

Tracklist

A1	[03:20] Izintombi Zesi Manje Manje - Umuntu Othulile (Hamilton Nzimande) Africana
A2	[03:15] Izintombi Zesi Manje Manje - Lensizwa (Hamilton Nzimande) Africana
A3	[03:21] Izintombi Zesi Manje Manje - Nhlebi Ndini (Hamilton Nzimande) Africana
A4	[03:09] Izintombi Zesi Manje Manje - Nayi Lensizwa (Hamilton Nzimande) Africana
A5	[03:18] Izintombi Zesi Manje Manje - Amathuba (Hamilton Nzimande) Africana
B1	[03:18] Izintombi Zesi Manje Manje - Wakhahlewa Yihashi (Hamilton Nzimande) Africana
B2	[03:23] Izintombi Zesi Manje Manje - Siyoyicela Ivuthiwe (Hamilton Nzimande) Africana
B3	[03:20] Izintombi Zesi Manje Manje - Nginakhile (Hamilton Nzimande) Africana
B4	[03:00] Izintombi Zesi Manje Manje - Indoda Eyixoki (Hamilton Nzimande) Africana
B5	[02:40] Izintombi Zesi Manje Manje - Ungabinomona (Hamilton Nzimande) Africana

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