9. VUTIVI (KNOWLEDGE) – INSTRUMENTAL

Knowledge is acknowledged as power, education as an arsenal to fight life’s wars and rise to its challenges. The fountain of knowledge as books from which flow sustenance, wealth, rejuvenation and wisdom Listen to Sample:

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8. WE CELEBRATE – INSTRUMENTAL

This is a celebration of milestones in South Africa’s liberation odyssey: The 1956 Women’s March to the Union Buildings to demand freedom; the June 1976 Soweto Youth Revolt against Apartheid and Afrikaans as a medium of instruction, and the much acclaimed RSA Constitution. Bravo to comrades of the struggle!! The song proclaims Listen to Sample:

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7. XIMBHEMBHE (THE DELUGE) – INSTRUMENTAL

This song is about a deluge and the damage it brings in its wake; whilst it brings to life various species of frogs, some of which provide relish to the elderly. Impressively onomatopoeic of a short heavy downpour and what follows Listen to Sample:

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6. SWIDYONDZEKI – INSTRUMENTAL

This is a graduation piece, rivalling Gaudeamus Igitur, the classic age-old graduation march. Swidyondzeki is easily an adequate African response to the popular Latin song, in message, in gravitas and in its musicality Listen to Sample:

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5. LIMPOPO – INSTRUMENTAL

Replete with nation-building messages, this song exhorts the six ethnic groups (Pedis, Vendas, Tsongas, Afrikaners, English and Indians) resident in the Limpopo Province to come together to extol its beauty and celebrate the wealth of the minerals, tourist attractions, fauna and flora that it possesses Listen to Sample:

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2. VUMUNHU BYA AFRICA – INSTRUMENTAL

The ‘Ubuntu’ or Humanism of Africa is extolled, predicated on the ontological precept of Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu (I am because you are, you are because we are). Interdependency is viewed as central to human life, surpassing any notion of independence. The lyrics are distilled from Reuel J Khoza’s extensive writings Listen to Sample:

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