Description

CALL NUMBER – 0170
ALTERNATE TITLE –
COMPOSER – Traditional Zulu
ARRANGER – Rodolf de Beer
LYRICS – Traditional Zulu dowry song
VOICING – SSAA
GENRE – Secular Treble Chorus, World Music
LANGUAGE – Zulu
SEASONS & OCCASIONS –
ERA – 21st Century
ACCOMPANIMENT – A cappella, optional percussion
PUBLISHER – Hal Leonard Corporation
PUBLISHER # – 08749218
KEYWORDS – Zulu, South Africa, Apartheid
NOTES – Duration: c. 1:50. From the foreword: “This song was sung in pre-democratic South Africa
and tells the story of the people who were afraid to go to Kwa-Mashu, the township outside Durban
in KwaZulu-Natal, because there was so much violence. Amavolovo is a direct mutation of the English
word ‘revolver’. Nowadays, with the violence much less, the song is still sung in many communities at parties
and weddings, as well as by many choirs in South Africa.”