Intokozo

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Intokozo
Intokozo 1980.jpg
Studio album by
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Released1980
RecordedOctober 1979
Genre Isicathamiya, Mbube
Length50:00 approx.
Label Gallo Record Company
Producer West Nkosi
Ladysmith Black Mambazo chronology
Ezinkulu
(1979)
Intokozo
(1980)
Ulwandle Oluncgwele
(1981)

Intokozo was a 1980 release by the South African isicathamiya group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The album included primarily religious compositions (as was the norm for the group's albums by this time in their career) and was recorded shortly before they travelled to Cologne, Germany to perform at an African music festival. Intokozo also contains the first songs recorded by the group in the Sotho language ("Tsamaya Pelo Yaka", "Tsamaya Sathane" and "Re Betsa Batho Bohle").

Track listing

  1. "Sikhonze Inkosi"
  2. "Ngomlandela"
  3. "Praise the Lord"
  4. "Tsamaya Pelo Yaka"
  5. "Bayede Nkosi Yami"
  6. "Vela Somandla" ("Reveal, Lord")
  7. "Wonke Amehlo Azokumbona" ("The Eyes See All")
  8. "Nearer My God"
  9. "Tsamaya Sathane" ("Escaping from Satan")
  10. "Awu Jerusalema" ("Oh! Jerusalem")
  11. "Re Betsa Batho Bohle"
  12. "Fall Rain Fall Rain"

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