Ikhwaya Yentsha YaseMzansi, isibani sokuziqhenya ngamasiko aseNingizimu Afrika, iqale uhambo lwayo lokuvakashela umhlaba ngo-2025, ithakazelisa izethameli eYurophu, e-Asia naseNyakatho Melika ngemidlalo yayo ethinta inhliziyo. Yasungulwa ngoJuni 2025, lolu hambo lubonisa isenzakalo esibalulekile ekhwayeni, ethe yachitha iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amabili ikhuthaza amathalenta entsha okucula evela ezizindeni ezahlukene kulo lonke elaseNingizimu Afrika. I-repertoire yayo, ehlanganisa izingoma zesintu zase-Afrika nezinhlelo zekhwaya zanamuhla, ithole ukunconywa emazweni omhlaba futhi iqinise indima yayo njengamanxusa amasiko aseNingizimu Afrika.
Uhambo lwekhwaya luqale eLondon, lapho lwadlala khona eRoyal Albert Hall phambi kwezethameli ezigcwele, lathola ukunconywa kokuma ngezinyawo ngenxa yenguqulo yalo ye-“Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika” ehlanganiswe nama-harmony anamuhla. Ukusuka lapho, laya eParis, eTokyo naseNew York, libonisa uhlelo oluhlanganisa izingoma zesintu zesiZulu, izingoma zegospeli, kanye nezingoma zokuqala ezakhiwe ngamalungu ekhwaya. Ngokusho kwe Music in Africa, lolu hambo luwubufakazi bekhono lekhwaya lokususa umkhawulo wamasiko, lisebenzisa umculo njengolimi lomhlaba wonke ukuze lixhumane nezethameli zomhlaba wonke. Umholi wekhwaya uThandiwe Nkosi uthe: “Injongo yethu ukwabelana ngomoya wobuntu ngezingoma, ukukhombisa umhlaba amandla nobuhle bentsha yaseNingizimu Afrika.”
Impumelelo yeKhwaya Yentsha YaseMzansi isekelwe ekuzinikeleni kwayo ekukhuthazeni amathalenta avela emiphakathini engathuthukanga kahle. Yasungulwa ngo-2003, ikhwaya inikeza ukuqeqeshwa kokucula, izifundazwe, kanye nokuqondisa kubaculi abasha, iningi labo elivela ezizindeni ezinobunzima. Uhambo lwalonyaka lubandakanya abaculi abangama-40 abaneminyaka ephakathi kwe-14 no-24, abamele izifundazwe kusukela eGauteng kuya eMpumalanga Kapa. Imidlalo yabo ayikhangi nje ngokomculo, kodwa futhi iyathakazelisa ngokubukeka, ngezingubo ezimibalabala kanye ne-choreography ekhumbuza amagugu aseNingizimu Afrika.
Lolu hambo luphinde lwavelisa ukusebenzisana nabaculi bomhlaba, kuhlanganise nomdlalo wokusebenzisana neHarlem Gospel Choir eNew York, eyasakazwa bukhoma ezigidini zezethameli emhlabeni jikelele. Lokhu kusebenzisana, njengoba kubikwe yi Billboard, kugcizelela izindikimba ezabiwe ngethemba nokubumbana emasikweni omculo ase-Afrika naseMelika yase-Afrika. Ngaphezu kwalokho, imidlalo yekhwaya inconywe ngenxa yobujula bayo bemizwa, abagxeki bephawula amandla ayo okudlulisa izindaba zokuhlupheka nokunqoba ngezingoma.
Ngaphandle kwesiteji, iKhwaya Yentsha YaseMzansi yenza umthelela ngokubandakanya umphakathi. Edolobheni ngalinye, ibamba izingqungquthela zentsha yendawo, ifundisa amasu ekhwaya yase-Afrika futhi yabelane ngezindaba zohambo lwayo. Lezi zinyathelo zihambisana nenjongo ebanzi yekhwaya yokuxhobisa intsha nokukhuthaza ukushintshana ngamasiko. “Umculo unamandla okuphulukisa nokukhuthaza,” kusho ilungu lekhwaya elineminyaka engu-18 uSipho Ngwenya. “Sifuna ukukhombisa izingane yonke indawo ukuba zingaphupha ngokukhulu, noma ngabe zivela kuphi.”
Lolu hambo, oluzoqhubeka kuze kube ngu-Agasti 2025, luxhaswe ngezimali nguMnyango Wezobuciko Namasiko waseNingizimu Afrika, okubonisa ukuzinikela kukahulumeni ekukhuthazeni idiplomacy yamasiko. Njengoba ikhwaya ilungiselela imidlalo yayo yokugcina eLos Angeles naseKapa, uhambo lwayo luyisikhumbuzo esinamandla samandla omculo okuhlanganisa. Ngokukhombisa ukugqwesa kwekhwaya yaseNingizimu Afrika, iKhwaya Yentsha YaseMzansi ayiphakamisi nje amazwi entsha kodwa iphinde inyuse amagugu amasiko esizwe esiteji somhlaba.
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