Varsity Sing: Nongqawuse 

Lyrics for the bass part please 🙏🏾

Thank you.❤

@@conzyndwandwe6424 did you get them?

Thank you. It's our history that we should embrace

Bass lyrics: Langa ndini shon'emini Ntombi ka Mhlakaza nongqawuse sothembela ngani na azizobuy'inkomo zobawo(first part) Izokhal'induku ikhal'indod'inkomo ziphelile nabo besala bekhotha amanxeba(2nd part)

Me!

Me

How do I wish could understand the language,,,,,,,jst lyk your music you people...OMG

The bass just gives me goosebumps. No idea what it means, but I know it by heart 😅

SIHLEZI SIKHONA

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That is South African choral music

It's about "Nongqawuse" a Xhosa prophet(tribe of Nelson Mandela) who told the tribe to destroy crops and kill all their cattle. That was supposed to drive the white men back to sea and they would regain their cattle and crops in greater quantities. It's was an epic failure that resulted in famine.

It's my history, one of the most tragic events in Xhosa history and yet they sing it so joyfully☺️☺️

Music is a universal language

Wow, thanks for the words. great help. now I can sing along

Wow, thanks for the words. great help. now I can sing along

wow thank you

i think la line ithi " nabaphantsi bebahlonele bo! not mabahlolelwe bo! they have different meanings

I also picked that up , yes youre right, he did a good job though.

What did he do ?

@@ThatdudeSA she was a teenage prophet who prophecized that if the Xhosa nation kills of its crops and cattle it will drive the white man back to the sea and they will receive them back in multiple quantities. As a result the Xhosa nation suffered famine as a result of the prophecy because it did not come true

@@vuyanivaveki9171 And they all died. Also at that time the cattle had a really nasty sickness called lungsickness that the white men brought to South Africa and that also pushed the Xhosa to kill their cattle. I have a test on this tomorrow.

What a tragedy.

The irony is whites tried to stop them from doing that.

She's such a natural flexxer...love her positive energy 😍

Oh yeah

uSongeza , its so tragic unsure whether it should be sung at all.

Xhosa people today have never fully recovered from Cattle Killing of 1857

@@francafrancescopetrarch6206 if only people would understand how much pain this song brings, it is as if it's a celebration of the downfall of the Xhosa Nation. So sad.

True inee, we as Xhosas have not fully recovered from 1857 Cattle killing

I love the white one in the second row, with short hair

lol she's black inside😂

She will marry a black guy

me too.

Me three

I hope you guys stopped..

@@MrZuneJ hahahaha they probably did

The song is about the historic tale of the Xhosa tribe in South Africa. The tribe is predominantly found in the Eastern Cape province. The tribe is also found in numbers in the Western Cape region. So under the great Xhosa king was there was this young woman who was a well-known prophet (or a sangoma in Nguni languages), whom everything she prophesied would go as she said. So he had this prophesy that there's wealth coming for the Xhosa tribe, so people must destroy every valuable things in their possession. It is said Xhosa was one of the wealthiest tribes of the time, with a great number of Nguni Cattles, sheeps, goats, horses and many domestic animals of livestock. They produced tons of farm food. So because of the self-proclaimed Nongqawuse they had to destroy all of that and wait for the miraculously coming wealth. I did not get the full detail of the story but it goes to a point where Nongqawuse makes a declaration that the Xhosa tribe will suffer forever and all the wealth will be in possession of white people who he also prophesied later that they were coming to invade or raid

So actually the lyrics translation may be (indirectly): They all agreed although they had doubts, to destroy all of their wealth. The wealth that's valuable to them. All of them got burnt, men's Cattles and they are all left amazed Silly Nongqawuse's prophecy

@@siyabulelastuurman9961 Thank You! God bless you for me!

Siyabulela Stuurman thanks man, been listening to this since forever still not understanding what it means and I speak Xhosa, home language is Tswana though.Thank you!

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copy paste on googl translate. it takes a min.

(The sun is going down at noon) They all came out in disbelief! (Mhlakaza's daughter) That they killed livestock! (How can we trust you?) They value livestock! (He said that my father's cattle would be returned) Let the lowly be tested! (The sun is going down at noon) They all came out in disbelief! (Mhlakaza's daughter) That they killed livestock! (How can we trust you?) They value livestock! (He said that my father's cattle would be returned) Let the lowly be tested! (The sun is going down at noon) They all came out in disbelief! (Mhlakaza's daughter) That they killed livestock! (How can we trust you?) They value livestock! (He said that my father's cattle would be returned) Let the lowly be tested! (The sun is going down at noon) They were all burned up! (Man will cry man cry) Men's cattle (The cows are gone) They were stunned! (All people in court) Dream Nongqawuse's dream! (The sun is going down at noon) They were all burned up! (Man will cry man cry) Men's cattle (The cows are gone) They were stunned! (All people in court)

can u plis translate the song

Annisha Ntlai nice

You still listens to these song long after a year, impressive.

(The sun is going down at noon) They all came out in disbelief! (Mhlakaza's daughter) That they killed livestock! (How can we trust you?) They value livestock! (He said that my father's cattle would be returned) Let the lowly be tested! (The sun is going down at noon) They all came out in disbelief! (Mhlakaza's daughter) That they killed livestock! (How can we trust you?) They value livestock! (He said that my father's cattle would be returned) Let the lowly be tested! (The sun is going down at noon) They all came out in disbelief! (Mhlakaza's daughter) That they killed livestock! (How can we trust you?) They value livestock! (He said that my father's cattle would be returned) Let the lowly be tested! (The sun is going down at noon) They were all burned up! (Man will cry man cry) Men's cattle (The cows are gone) They were stunned! (All people in court) Dream Nongqawuse's dream! (The sun is going down at noon) They were all burned up! (Man will cry man cry) Men's cattle (The cows are gone) They were stunned! (All people in court)

At the back raw

So multi talented

Did u go there? 👀

That's why I hate the song. Looking at Ningqawuse'se picture is even worse. Waskhabe ezantsi kwamasu.

@@nonozulu i made peace with it, otherwise i'll go mad.

Yerr some of you people can never be satisfied hey