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This musical tribute is inspired by the great trek from traditional, communal and ancestral lands to the townships of the cities. Featuring songs by Joseph Shabalala, Dorothy Masuka, Miriam Makeba, and Hugh Masekela, the show is presented as an extravagant jazz gig, with the band taking centre stage and all the players singing and acting around them. There is a take on Ladysmith Black Mambazo's Nomathemba and the music then swings through the cotton fields of the Mississippi and the old gospel of the American South, via Nigeria with Fela Kuti's Languta before returning to South Africa for the finale.

Creatives/Company

Author: James Ngcobo

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Archive listings for Songs of Migration (2012)

Work type: Musical.

T068982024

Company Sibojama Theatre. Director James Ngcobo. Musical Director Ezbie Moilwa. Lighting Wesley France. Sound Gladman Balintulo. Choreographer Greg Magoma. Design Noluthando Lobese. Performer Hugh Masekela. Performer Sibongile Khumalo. Performer Kuki Mncube. Performer Gugu Shezi. Performer Khanyo Maphumulo. Performer Bonginkosi Zulu (choir). Performer Happy Motha (choir). Performer Linda Thobela (choir). Performer Bubele Mgele (choir).

10 Oct 12 to 14 Oct 12

Hackney Empire, Outer London :: V309
listing details L01655926214

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