Thokozile

Thokozile

Infobox Album |
Name = Thokozile
Type = Album
Artist = Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens


Released = 1986
Recorded = 1986
Genre = Mbaqanga, Mgqashiyo
Length = 40:00 approx.
Label = Gallo Record Company
Producer = West Nkosi
Last album = "Ejerusalem Siyakhona"
(1984)
This album = "Thokozile"
(1986)
Next album = "Paris - Soweto"
(1987)

"Thokozile" is a 1986 by the South African mbaqanga group Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens. The album was a reunion of Mahlathini with the backing Makgona Tsohle Band and three of the original Queens, Hilda Tloubatla, Nobesuthu Mbadu and Mildred Mangxola. The album (#Gallo-GRC BL 590) featured re-recordings of older songs such as "Umculo Kawupheli" (heard here as "Sibuyile") and "Sithunyiwe" (here "Thokozile"). The album propelled the group into immediate international stardom when it was issued international on the Earthworks album.

Track listing

# "Thokozile" ("Praise/Be Happy")
# "Lilizela Mlilizeli" ("Ululate/Applaud")
# "Sibuyile" ("We Are Back")
# "Nina Majuba" ("You Pigeons")
# "I Wanna Dance"
# "Uyavutha Umlilo" ("Music Inferno")
# "Sengikhala Ngiyabaleka" ("I'm Crying and Running Away")
# "Izulu Liyaduduma" ("Thunderstorm")


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