Ikhoro Yelusha YaseMzansi, leyisibani setitsatseko tasenkcubeko yaseNingizimu Afrika, isungule umkhankaso wekutfutfukisa emhlaba ngemnyaka wa-2025, ikhombisa kucatseka kwetindzaba taseYurophu, e-Asia, naseMelika LeNyakatfo ngetimphumelelo tayo letifikelela emoyeni. Yasungulwa ngoJuni 2025, loluhambo lwenta umcondvomshika lombalulekile wekhoro, leyetfwele iminyaka lengemashumi lamabili ikhutsata tinhlobo telusha letivela etindzaweni letitfutfukako taseNingizimu Afrika. Umculo wayo, lowuhlakanipha emaculo esintfu wase-Afrika kanye netinhlelo temculo wekhoro tesimanje, utfole kucatseka kwemave lonkhe futsi uqinise indzima yawo njengemambesada wenkcubeko yaseNingizimu Afrika.
Umkhankaso wekhoro waqala eLondon, lapho beyidlalela khona eRoyal Albert Hall etindzabeni letigcwele, batfola kucatseka lokumisa ngetinyawo ngenchubo yawo ye-“Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika” lehlanganiswe netinhlobo tesimanje. Kusukela lapho, baya eParis, eTokyo, naseNew York, bekhombisa luhlelo lolufaka emaculo esintfu wesiZulu, emaculo ekhosepele, kanye netincumo tetintfombi tebhayi. Ngokusho kweMusic in Africa, loluhambo lusibonakaliso senkhono yekhoro yekwehlukanisa tindzaba tenkcubeko, kusetjentiswa umculo njengelulwimi lwemhlaba wonkhe kutfola kuhlangana netindzaba temhlaba wonkhe. Umcondzisi wekhoro uThandiwe Nkosi utsi: “Injongo yetfu kutfumela umoya welubuntu ngeticulo, kukhombisa emhlabeni lokuphilako nekuhle kwelusha yaseNingizimu Afrika.”
Imphumelelo yeKhoro Yelusha YaseMzansi isekelwe ekutiniseleni kwayo ekutfutfukiseni tinhlobo letivela emiphakatsini lengakasatfutfukiswa kahle. Yasungulwa ngo-2003, lekhoro iniketa kufundziswa kwekwemculo, kufundziswa kwemabhili, kanye nekutfutfukisa kubaculi belusha, labanengi labo bavela etindzaweni letitfutfukako. Umkhankaso walo nyaka uhlanganisa baculi bangu-40 labaneminyaka lephakatsi kwe-14 kuya ku-24, labamele timfundvo kusukela eGauteng kuya eMpumalanga Kapa. Tinchubo tabo atisiyo nje ticulwa letikhutsatako, kodvwa futsi tibukeka ngetinhlaka, ngetimpahla letimibalabala kanye nekhoreografi leketfusa umlandvo waseNingizimu Afrika.
Umkhankaso lo uphinde wakha kusebenta kanye nabaculi bemhlaba, kufaka ekhatsi inchubo yekusebenta kanye neHarlem Gospel Choir eNew York, leyetfwe ngco ephatfwe ngco kubadlaleli labangetulu kwetigidi temhlaba wonkhe. Lokusebenta kanye, njengoba kwabikwa yiBillboard, kugcizelela tindzaba letihlanganisiwe telithemba nekubumbana emasikweni wemculo wase-Afrika naseMelika yase-Afrika. Ngaphezu kwalokho, tinchubo tekhoro tacatseka ngenxa yekuhlakanipha kwato kwemoyengcansi, nabalondzisi betindzaba bekhombisa kutsi banekhono yekudlulisa tindzaba teluhlangotsi nekunqoba ngeticulo.
Ngaphandle kwesiteji, Ikhoro Yelusha YaseMzansi yenta umthelela ngekubandzakanya umphakatsi. Etindzaweni tonkhe, batfwele tinhlelo temsebenti yalusha yendawo, bafundzisa tinhlaka temculo wase-Afrika kanye nekutfumela tindzaba teluhambo lwabo. Letinhlelo tihambisana nenjongo yekhoro yekucinisa bantfu labasha nekukhutsata kutfutfukisa kwenkcubeko. “Umculo unamandla ekuphilisa nekukhutsata,” kusho umculi welusha weminyaka le-18 uSipho Ngwenya. “Sifuna kukhombisa bantfwana yonkhe indzawo kutsi bangaphupha kakhulu, kungakhatsaleki kutsi bavela kuphi.”
Loluhambo, lolutawuchubeka kuye ku-Agasti 2025, lusekelwa ngetimali letivela eMnyangweni waseNingizimu Afrika wezobuCiko kanye neNkcubeko, lokukhombisa kutinikela kwehurumende ekukhutsateni tindzaba tenkcubeko. Njengoba lekhoro ilungiselela tinchubo tayo tekugcina eLos Angeles naseKapa, luhambo lwayo lusikhumbuto lesinamandla selamandla emculo wekubumbanisa. Ngekukhombisa kubaluleka kwekhoro yaseNingizimu Afrika, Ikhoro Yelusha YaseMzansi ayiphakamisi nje emalimi elusha kodvwa iphinde yandzisa umlandvo wenkcubeko wesive esigabeni semhlaba.
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