African A Capella singng

Background information:

• Acapella is just singing without accompaniment.
• A lot of religious music was swung unaccompanied.
• In the Renaissance period, the Catholic Mass would often be sung unaccompanied. A lot of Jewish and Islamic music is also traditionally sung without accompaniment.
• Gradually, the term a capella came to just mean 'without accompaniment', whether it was performed in the chapel or not.
• Some all-male groups sing a capella, like barbershop quartets.
• South African all-male choirs sing a capella. Their music has been made famous by the group Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
• Mbube and Isicathamiya are both types of African singing.

Mbube:

• 'Mbube' is a Zulu word for…