The Mahotella Queens is a South African female band formed in 1964 by music producer Rupert Bopape, consisting of Hilda Tloubatla, Nobesuthu Mbadu, and...
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Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens (also known as Mahlathini Nezintombi Zomgqashiyo and Mahlathini and the Girls of Mgqashiyo) were a South African mbaqanga...
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Music of South Africa (section The 1930s)
throughout the 1960s and the 1970s, recording mainly for Gallo Record Company, often as part of the line-ups of the Mahotella Queens, the Mgababa Queens, Izintombi...
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enormously towards the development of kwaito. Several mbaqanga acts are still recording and performing today, including the Mahotella Queens and the Soul Brothers...
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Mahlathini (category Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens members)
music in the 1960s. Nkabinde was also a very active live performer in South Africa, recording and performing with the Mahotella Queens and the backing...
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo (redirect from The Black Ones)
international image. This also paved the way for other African acts such as Stimela and Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens to gain popularity among Western...
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Africa's Motown" (the acclaimed Mavuthela quintet, the Mahotella Queens, was perhaps the South African equivalent to Motown's trio of stars, The Supremes). Dozens...
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singer in Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens and member of the Mahotella Queens Manfred Mann MarcAlex, group known for the hit "Quick Quick" Josef Marais...
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member of the Mahotella Queens Frith van der Merwe, schoolteacher at Benoni High and the most prolific female runner in the history of the Comrades Marathon...
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Makgona Tsohle Band (redirect from The Makgona Tsohle Band)
Company), and became the Mavuthela house band. It garnered success by backing fellow Mavuthela-Gallo stars, Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens. It is often referred...
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