What in the song? Amatsheketshe by Bayeté And Jabu Khanyile
The song Amatsheketshe by Bayete And Jabu Khanyile demonstrates the importance of music to Africa’s story telling tradition. Kian How in his article The Brief History of Music Storytelling puts it better when he writes the following…
… storytelling has no boundaries. Stories are not confined to just verbal delivery or visual depictions. Sound is a very significant part when it comes to the storytelling experience — It allows us to imagine and feel, it allows us to transcend beyond the here and now and immerse ourselves in a make believe world, albeit only temporarily. It is the essence of life, or what I’d like to call the real “Soul Food”.
Music has always been a part of storytelling on the African continent. Tradition and culture have been passed on through storytelling songs, in this song we learn of Amatsheketshe (Zulu word meaning big brown/black ants), Amaqhikiza (zulu woman who are put in charge of young woman), a man's frustration and a struggle get a woman. What song comes to your mind, that resonate with this?
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