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Black Umfolosi 5

The group much loved around the world offer their sweet sounds of a capella with their marvellous harmonies and gospel singing, as well as their captivating dancing including the gumboot dancing of South Africa. Black Umfolosi deliver their performance with fun and joyful enthusiasm. This baretorsoed, hard-hatted group never fail to captivate their audience and encourage them on to the stage to join in the performance.

"Their songs, sung in close, rich harmony, address general human concerns - love, family, spirit - as well as contemporary problems - wars, apartheid, the environment and AIDS. Their music is fresh and surprising, not only for the interesting text, but also for the typical intricate rhythms, unusual harmonies and interspersed clicking, clapping and shouting, which combine to produce a natural funky and rugged aura"
The Rough Guide to Zimbabwe