Amabutho Explained

Amabutho
Type:	Album
Artist:	Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Border:	yes
Released:	February 22, 1973
Recorded:	August 1972–January 1973
Genre:	Isicathamiya, Mbube
Length:	35:00 approx.
Label:	Gallo Record Company
Producer:	West Nkosi
Next Title:	Imbongi
Next Year:	1973

Amabutho is the first album by the South African isicathamiya group Ladysmith Black Mambazo.^{[1] [2]} It was released in 1973 by Gallo Record Company.^[3] Amabutho was the first record by black musicians in the country to receive gold disc certification (25,000 copies).^{[1] [2]} It contains the hit single "Nomathemba". The LP was reissued on Gallo (in South Africa only) along with most of the group's early output, in February 2007. The members who sang on the Amabutho album were Milton Mazibuko, Ngali Mazibuko, Joseph Shabalala, Headman Shabalala, Enoch Shabalala, Albert Mazibuko and Walter Malinga

Track listing

1. "Amabutho" (Warriors)
2. "Isigcino" (The End)
3. "Yadla Yabeletha" (It Eats Often)
4. "Awu, Wemadoda" (Hey, Man!)
5. "Mlaba" Thanks
6. "Ushaka" (King Shaka)
7. "Nomathemba" (Hope)
8. "Nqonqotha Mfana" (The Boy Knocks)
9. " Sivuya Sonke we perform everywhere
10. Nkosi Yamakhosi Kings of Kings /Lord of Lords
11. " Utugela the tugela River
12. "Ngelekelele" help me

Notes and References

1. Web site: Joseph Shabalala, founder of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, dies at 78 . The Washington Post . 25 May 2021.
2. Web site: The Rough Guide to South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland. February 2, 2015. Rough Guides UK. Google Books.
3. Web site: Ladysmith Black Mambazo | Biography & History. AllMusic.