adminThe new album comes as an early festive season present for the multitudes of Ndolwane music fans and it promises to be a hit.
Ndolwane Super Sounds released 14 albums before it split last year. This is Sibanda’s first release since the break-up with founding partner Charles Zwane who left the renowned group last year.
In an interview, Sibanda said his album was a mixture of educative messages that are communicated in an entertaining way.
He said the title track of the album had words of wisdom that an elderly chief was telling his subjects.
“The song is about how a chief was expressing disappointment in his subjects for not taking heed of his advice. He had left them and gone for a banquet only to receive reports that things had gone terribly wrong in the village. The message here is for anyone who is head of their homes and gives out advice to the young or their children,” said Sibanda.
Ndolwane Super Sounds made a mark with educative, advisory and rebuking songs more than a decade ago, and Sibanda, unlike Zwane, looks like he has not lost that flavour judging by his new release.
He said a track called Danguhwa has the message that one should not forget their roots.
“People tend to forget their roots when they go to far off places and also forget their parents. They only come back when their ancestors start visiting them and things start going bad for them. This song is a warning to people not to forget their roots,” said Sibanda.
He said in his album he decided to sing in other languages other than SiNdebele so as to preserve them.
“There are two songs in TjiKalanga because I wanted to balance the languages. Most of the Ndolwane albums have one TjiKalanga song but I did two. Some languages in the country are becoming extinct so I wanted some of them to be represented in the album,” said Sibanda.
When the album was released last week, fans were suddenly thrilled and started posting on social networks appreciating that Ndolwane was back.
Turning to the group’s break-up, Sibanda said there was a gentlemen’s agreement between him and Zwane, formerly known as Charles Ndebele, to have them both run under the Ndolwane Super Sounds brand. He said he was not concerned about the break-up but about making music for Ndolwane fans.
“My main aim is to make music and the issues to do with the break-up do not concern me much. We had a gentlemen’s agreement with Charles to release under the Ndolwane flagship,” said Sibanda.
He said a DVD of the album would be out at the end of December.
Other songs on the album include Wubudzabgwhe, Bayafunda yini, Sekukubi and Baphindile.
Other albums that are still hits from Ndolwane include Africa, Sunduza, Uhluphile, Izambane likampondo, Inqokonqoko, Amaginqigonqo, and Ukungafiki among others.
Online Reporter