Kumhlaba wobume obumangalisayo wamasiko aseMzantsi Afrika, isaci Eendrag Maak Mag—esiguqulelwe Umanyano Luyamandla—sisikhalo esinamandla sokusebenza ngokubambisana kunye nokubambana. Eli gama, elineentsongo zembali, belilokhu liyisisekelo samazwe, uluntu, kwaye ngoku, ngenjongo yemagazini ye-The Vocalist, kubaculi bomculo kulo lonke elaseMzantsi Afrika. Kwi-The Vocalist (vocalist.co.za), samukela lo mbono, siluka imisonto eyahlukeneyo yeelwimi ezili-11 ezisemthethweni zaseMzantsi Afrika kunye neentlobo ezininzi zomculo ukuze sidale umhlaba oxubeneyo. Umbono wethu ucacile: ukudibanisa amagcisa, ukusuka kwi-maskandi ukuya kwi-marabi, i-opera ukuya kwi-hip-hop, kunye ne-amapiano ukuya kwi-jazz, kwimibhiyozo yobuchule obukwabelwana kunye nobutyebi bamasiko.
Iingcambu Zembali ze-Eendrag Maak Mag
Igama Umanyano Luyamandla linembali eyinzulu, elivela kubulumko bakudala lize lifumane ikhaya kwimbali eyinkimbinkimbi yaseMzantsi Afrika. Lisuka kwisiLatin concordia res parvae crescunt (“izinto ezincinci ziyakhula ngokubambisana”), ekuthiwa labhalwa ngumbhali waseRoma uSallust, esi saci saqala ukwamkelwa yiRiphabliki yaseDutch ngenkulungwane ye-16 njenge-Eendracht maakt macht. Sasimele amandla okusebenza ngokubambisana xa kukho ubunzima. Lo mbono wawela amazwekazi, wavela eMzantsi Afrika ngexesha lokusekwa kweRiphabliki yaseMzantsi Afrika ngo-1852, apho Eendragt maakt magt yayihombisa ikhaka lombuso, igxininisa umanyano phakathi kwamaqela ahlukeneyo. Ukusuka ngo-1910 ukuya ku-1961, iManyano yaseMzantsi Afrika yamkela isiLatin Ex Unitate Vires (“Ngokumanyana, Amandla”) kwisibonakaliso sayo, esibonisa ukudityaniswa kwamakholoni aseBritane namaBhulu. Emva kuka-1961, njengeRiphabliki yaseMzantsi Afrika, esi saci savela kwiingqekembe ngesiBhulu (Eendrag maak mag) nangesiNgesi (Unity is Strength), simela umanyano weelwimi ezimbini ngexesha elinobunzima. Ngo-2000, uMzantsi Afrika wamkela isaci esitsha, ǃke e: ǀxarra ǁke (“Umanyano Kwintlobo Ngeentlobo”) ngolwimi lwe-ǀXam, oluhambelana nombono welizwe emva kobandlululo wokubandakanya wonke umntu.
Olu hambo lwembali lugxininisa ukubaluleka okuqhubekayo komanyano. Kubaculi bomculo, Eendrag Maak Mag asisosi saci nje kodwa sisikhalo sokususa izahlulo—zeelwimi, zenkcubeko, kunye nesitayile—ukudala ubugcisa obuthetha kubo bonke.
The Vocalist: Isibane soManyano
Kwi-The Vocalist, simela Eendrag Maak Mag ngokubhiyozela ukwahluka kweelwimi kunye nomculo waseMzantsi Afrika. Iqonga lethu libonisa amagcisa acula ngesiZulu, Sesotho, Afrikaans, Tshivenda, nokunye, eqinisekisa ukuba ilizwi ngalinye liyavakala. Ukusuka kwisigqi esivela entliziyweni somculo weTsonga ukuya kwimibongo yamaXhosa imbongi, sisekela iintlobo ezibonisa ukubetha kwentliziyo yesizwe. Ukuzibophelela kwethu ekubandakanyeni wonke umntu kuyabonakala ekugubungeleni kwethu iintlobo zemveli ezifana ne-isicathamiya, iintlobo zangoku ezifana ne-gqom, kunye neentlobo zokudibanisa ezidibanisa iimpembelelo zehlabathi kunye neengcambu zasekhaya. Ngokukhuthaza ukusebenzisana—njengomculi womculo wesintu waseVenda ocula nomculi we-jazz waseKapa—sibonisa ukuba umanyano ukhulisa ubuchule.
Iindaba zethu, udliwano-ndlebe, kunye neeworkshop zenzelwe ukukhuthaza amagcisa ukuba adlule kwimida yeentlobo kunye nezithintelo zolwimi. Umzekelo wethu wakutshanje wokugqamisa ikwayala yolwimi oluninzi ecula ngazo zonke iilwimi ezili-11 ezisemthethweni ubonisa ukuba umanyano kumculo unokudlula izahlulo zenkcubeko. Oku kuhambelana nohambo olubanzi lweMzantsi Afrika lokuxolelwaniso, apho ukwahluka akusosithintelo kodwa ngamandla.
Umanyano Ekusebenzeni: Izifundo Zabaculi
Kubaculi bomculo, ukwamkela Umanyano Luyamandla kuthetha ukuqaphela ukuba ukusebenzisana kukhuthaza ubuchule obutsha. Indawo yomculo yaseMzantsi Afrika iyachuma ngeenzame zokusebenzisana—cinga ngeentsebenziswano ezidumileyo phakathi kukaMiriam Makeba noHugh Masekela, okanye iiprojekthi zangoku ezifana ne-Moshito Music Conference, ezidibanisa amagcisa asuka kwiimvelaphi ezahlukeneyo. Ngokusebenza kunye, amagcisa anokwabelana ngezixhobo, afunde iindlela ezintsha, kwaye afikelele kubaphulaphuli ababanzi. Umculi we-rap ovela eSoweto angasebenzisana nomculi womculo weklasikhi ovela ePitoli, esenza umculo odlula iintlobo onezvoxo zelizwe lonke.
Umanyano ukwathetha ukwamkela ukwahluka kweelwimi. Iilwimi ezili-11 ezisemthethweni zaseMzantsi Afrika—Afrikaans, isiNgesi, isiNdebele, Sepedi, Sesotho, siSwati, Xitsonga, Setswana, Tshivenda, isiXhosa, neZulu—zinika ipalethi etyebileyo yokuvakalisa iingoma. Amagcisa afana noSho Madjozi, adibanisa isiTsonga, isiNgesi, kunye neSiswati ngaphandle kwesiphoso, abonisa ukuba ulwimi lunokudibanisa kunokwahlula. Kwi-The Vocalist, sikhuthaza amagcisa ukuba azame amagama ngeelwimi ezininzi, ekhuthaza umoya wobunye obukwabelwanayo.
Iingxaki neMathuba
Nangona umanyano lusukelo oluhle, awukho ngaphandle kweengxaki. Imbali yaseMzantsi Afrika yokwahlulwa—ngolwimi, ngobuhlanga, nangamasiko—ingadala izithintelo kushishino lomculo. Amagcisa azimeleyo anokuzabalaza ukufikelela kumaqonga alawulwa ziintlobo eziphambili, kwaye ukwahluka kolwimi kunokukhokelela ekwahlukeni kwemarike. Nangona kunjalo, ezi ngxaki zingamathuba. Ngokukhuthaza iilwimi ezingavakali kangako njengeTshivenda okanye isiNdebele ngomculo, amagcisa anokugcina ilifa lenkcubeko ngelixa esakha iibhulorho. Amaqonga afana ne-The Vocalist anika iqonga lala mazwi, eqinisekisa ukuba akukho ntlobo okanye ulwimi lushiywa ngasemva.
Itekhnoloji ikwadlala indima ekukhuthazeni umanyano. Amaqonga okusasaza kunye nemidiya yoluntu avumela amagcisa ukuba asebenzisane kwiingingqi ezahlukeneyo, abelane ngomculo wabo nabaphulaphuli behlabathi. Iinzame ezifana neeworkshop zokubhala iingoma ezikwi-intanethi okanye iiseshoni zokujama ezikwi-intanethi zinokudibanisa amagcisa asuka kumaphondo awohlukeneyo, zidala i-Eendrag Maak Mag yedijithali.
Isikhalo Kubaculi
Njengamagcisa omculo aseMzantsi Afrika, nina ngabaphethe isibane se-Umanyano Luyamandla. Umculo wenu unokuphilisa, ukhuthaze, kwaye udibanise. Nokuba ungumculi ozimeleyo okanye uyinxalenye yeqela, cinga ngendlela onokusebenzisana ngayo nabanye ukuze ukhuse umphumo wakho. Finyelela kumagcisa asuka kwiintlobo okanye iimvelaphi zolwimi ezahlukeneyo. Yenza iingoma ezibhiyozela ukwahluka kwaseMzantsi Afrika ngelixa zithetha ngemixholo yehlabathi. Xhasa amaqonga afana ne-The Vocalist akhuthaza ukubandakanywa, kwaye uthabathe inxaxheba kwimisitho edibanisa amagcisa.
Ngomoya we-Eendrag Maak Mag, masicule, sidlale, kwaye sidale njengomntu omnye. Ngokubambisana, singenza umculo ongabonisi nje ilifa elityebileyo laseMzantsi Afrika kodwa ukwabumba ikamva layo. Njengoko isaci se-ǀXam sisikhumbuza, umanyano kwintlobo ngeentlobo ngamandla ethu amakhulu. Masiyenze ingoma yethu.
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