Kuthuluzi oluhle kakhulu lwamasiko aseNingizimu Afrika, isiqubulo esithi Eendrag Maak Mag—esihumusha sithi Ukuhlangana Kuyamandla—sikhala kakhulu njengesicelo sokusebenza ngokubambisana kanye nokuzwelana. Leli gama, eligxilile emlandweni, belilokhu liyisikhuthazo sezizwe, imiphakathi, futhi manje, ngenhloso ye-The Vocalist imagazini, kubaculi kulo lonke elaseNingizimu Afrika. Ku-The Vocalist, samukela lesi sikhuthazo, sifaka ndawonye izintambo ezihlukahlukene zezindimi eziyishumi nanye ezisemthethweni zaseNingizimu Afrika kanye nezinhlobo eziningi zomculo ukuze sakhe isithombe esinobunye. Umbono wethu ucacile: ukuhlanganisa abaculi, kusukela ku-maskandi kuya ku-marabi, opera kuya ku-hip-hop, kanye ne-amapiano kuya ku-jazz, ekugubheni ubuciko obuhlanganyelwe kanye nencebo yamasiko.
Izimpande Zomlando we-Eendrag Maak Mag
Igama elithi Ukuhlangana Kuyamandla linomlando ocebile, lisuselwa kubuhlakani basendulo futhi lathola ikhaya emlandweni oyinkimbinkimbi waseNingizimu Afrika. Lisuselwa esiLatinini concordia res parvae crescunt (“izinto ezincane ziyachuma ngokuvumelana”), okuthiwa lalotshwa umbhali waseRoma uSallust, lesi siqubulo saqala ukusetshenziswa yi-Dutch Republic ngekhulu le-16 njengo-Eendracht maakt macht. Lalifanekisela amandla okusebenza ngokubambisana lapho kunezinkinga. Lo muzwa wadlulela emazwenikazi, wavela eNingizimu Afrika ngesikhathi kwakhiwa iRiphabhulikhi yaseNingizimu Afrika ngo-1852, lapho Eendragt maakt magt yahombisa isihlangu sombuso, igcizelela ubunye phakathi kwamaqembu ahlukahlukene. Kusukela ngo-1910 kuya ku-1961, i-Unie yaseNingizimu Afrika yamukela isiLatini Ex Unitate Vires (“Ngobunye, Amandla”) esijakajakeni sayo, sikhombisa ukuhlanganiswa kwamakholoni aseBrithani namaBhunu. Ngemuva kuka-1961, njengeRiphabhulikhi yaseNingizimu Afrika, lesi siqubulo savela ezinhlamvwini zemali ngesiBhunu (Eendrag maak mag) kanye nesiNgisi (Unity is Strength), sifanekisela ubunye bezilimi ezimbili ngesikhathi esinzima. Ngo-2000, iNingizimu Afrika yamukela isiqubulo esisha, ǃke e: ǀxarra ǁke (“Ukuhlangana Ekwehlukeni”) ngolimi lwe-ǀXam, sihambisana nombono wesizwe sangemva kobandlululo wokufaka wonke umuntu.
Lolu hambo lomlando lugcizelela ukubaluleka okuqhubekayo kobunye. Kubaculi, Eendrag Maak Mag akusona nje isiqubulo kodwa isicelo sokwakha amabhuloho—ezolimi, amasiko, kanye nezitayela—ukudala ubuciko obukhuluma kubo bonke.
The Vocalist: Isibani Sobunye
Ku-The Vocalist (vocalist.co.za), sifanekisela Eendrag Maak Mag ngokugubha ukuhlukahluka kwezilimi kanye nomculo waseNingizimu Afrika. Inkundla yethu iveza abaculi abacula ngesiZulu, Sesotho, Afrikaans, Tshivenda, nokunye, iqinisekisa ukuthi izwi ngalinye liyezwakala. Kusukela kumasigqi asuka enhliziyweni omculo waseTsonga kuya kunkondlo ye-Xhosa imbongi, sisekela izinhlobo eziveza ukushaya kwenhliziyo yesizwe. Ukuzibophezela kwethu ekufakeni wonke umuntu kubonakala ekusatshalalisweni kwethu kwezinhlobo zendabuko njenge-isicathamiya, izitayela zesimanje njenge-gqom, kanye nezinhlobo zokuhlanganisa ezixuba amathonya omhlaba nezimpande zendawo. Ngokukhuthaza ukusebenzisana—njengomculi womculo wesintu waseVenda ocula nomculi we-jazz waseKapa—sibonisa ukuthi ubunye bukhulisa ubuciko.
Izindatshana zethu, izingxoxo, kanye nezifundiso zenzelwe ukukhuthaza abaculi ukuba badlule imingcele yezinhlobo kanye nezithiyo zezilimi. Isibonelo sakamuva sokugqamisa ikwaya yezilimi eziningi ecula kuzo zonke izilimi eziyishumi nanye ezisemthethweni sibonisa ukuthi ubunye emculweni bungadlula izinhlukaniso zamasiko. Lokhu kuhambisana nohambo olubanzi lweNingizimu Afrika lokubuyisana, lapho ukuhlukahluka kungasithiyo kodwa amandla.
Ukuhlangana Ekusebenzeni: Izifundo Zabaculi
Kubaculi, ukwamukela Ukuhlangana Kuyamandla kusho ukuqaphela ukuthi ukusebenzisana kukhuthaza ukuqamba okusha. Umkhakha womculo waseNingizimu Afrika uyachuma ngemizamo yokubambisana—cabanga ngezinhlanganisela ezidumile phakathi kukaMiriam Makeba noHugh Masekela, noma amaphrojekthi anamuhla njenge-Moshito Music Conference, ehlanganisa abaculi abavela ezizindeni ezahlukahlukene. Ngokusebenza ndawonye, abaculi bangabelana ngezinsiza, bafunde izindlela ezintsha, futhi bafinyelele kubabukeli ababanzi. Umrepha waseSoweto angasebenza nomculi we-classical wasePitoli, edala ingoma edlula imingcele yezinhlobo eyezwakala emhlabeni wonke.
Ukuhlangana kusho nokwamukela ukuhlukahluka kwezilimi. Izilimi eziyishumi nanye zaseNingizimu Afrika ezisemthethweni—Afrikaans, isiNgisi, isiNdebele, Sepedi, Sesotho, siSwati, Xitsonga, Setswana, Tshivenda, isiXhosa, kanye nesiZulu—zinikela ngepalethi ecebile yokuchaza amagama. Abaculi abanjengoSho Madjozi, abahlanganisa isiTsonga, isiNgisi, kanye nesiSwati ngokungahambisani, babonisa ukuthi ulimi lungahlanganisa kunokwahlukanisa. Ku-The Vocalist, sikhuthaza abaculi ukuba bazame amagama ezilimi eziningi, okukhuthaza umuzwa wobunye obuhlanganyelwe.
Izinselele kanye Namathuba
Nokho ubunye buyisifiso esihle, abukho ngaphandle kwezinselele. Umlando waseNingizimu Afrika wokuhlukaniswa—ngolimi, ngobuhlanga, kanye namasiko—ungadala izithiyo emkhakheni womculo. Abaculi abazimele bangase bazabalaze ukufinyelela ezinkundleni ezibuswa izinhlobo eziyinhloko, futhi ukuhlukahluka kwezilimi kungase kuholele ekwehlukanisweni kwemakethe. Kodwa-ke, lezi zinselele ziyamathuba. Ngokukhuthaza izilimi ezingezwakali kakhulu njengeTshivenda noma isiNdebele ngomculo, abaculi bangalondoloza amagugu amasiko ngenkathi bakha amabhuloho. Izinkundla ezifana ne-The Vocalist zinikeza isiteji salezi zwi, ziqinisekisa ukuthi akukho nhlobo noma ulimi olushiywa ngemuva.
Ubuchwepheshe buphinde budlale indima ekukhuthazeni ubunye. Izinkundla zokusakaza kanye nezokuxhumana zivumela abaculi ukuba basebenzisane ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene, babelane ngomculo wabo nababukeli bomhlaba. Izinhlelo ezifana nezifundiso zokubhala izingoma eziku-inthanethi noma amaseshini okujama avumelekile angahlanganisa abaculi abavela ezifundazweni ezahlukahlukene, edala i-Eendrag Maak Mag yedijithali.
Isicelo Kubaculi
Njengabaculi baseNingizimu Afrika, ningabaphathi bamathoshi e-Ukuhlangana Kuyamandla. Umculo wenu ungalapha, ukhuthaze, futhi uhlanganise. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ungumculi ozimele noma uyilungu leqembu, cabangela ukuthi ungasabalalisa kanjani umthelela wakho ngokusebenza nabanye. Finyelela kubaculi abavela ezinhlobeni ezihlukahlukene noma izizinda zezilimi. Dala izingoma ezigubha ukuhlukahluka kwaseNingizimu Afrika ngenkathi zikhuluma ngezindikimba zomhlaba. Sekela izinkundla ezifana ne-The Vocalist ezikhuthaza ukufakwa, futhi ubambe iqhaza emicimbini ehlanganisa abaculi.
Ngesimoya se-Eendrag Maak Mag, masicule, sidlale, futhi sidale njengomunye. Ngokubambisana, singenza umculo ongagcini nje ngokuveza amagugu acebile aseNingizimu Afrika kodwa futhi ubumba ikusasa layo. Njengoba isiqubulo se-ǀXam sisikhumbuza, ubunye ekwehlukeni buyamandla ethu amakhulu. Masikwenze kube ingoma yethu.
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