Thanks Devo. I'm so glad you like Miriam - to me she has the most amazing voice; I saw her perform live a couple of times (illicitly because we were not supposed to go the townships) and she just gave me goosies and choked me up everytime - still does. Her version of the Lion is the truest version to the original song. There are a number of other artists from that era like Thandi Klaasen and Margaret Singana who are just brilliant.
I truly love the voices of Africa - the natural timbre, accapelo, harmony, purity and rhythm is like nothing else on earth. There is a timbre in these voices that I have not heard or felt anywhere else where I have travelled and I really have travelled extensively. For me, the Zulu tribal voices are just the best.
DAVEM: I love Margaret Singana too and I think The Warrior should be our rugby anthem - Woza, woza, ipi m'doda! Come, come where are my warriors!!!
