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Maskandi (also Maskanda)[1] is a form of Zulu folk music, originally associated with migrant workers,[1] that is evolving with South African society. Thought to be pioneered by Phuzushukela (John Bhengu).[2] Often characterised by a picking guitar style which draws on a variety of historical influences[3] it also has an important social function with players being given sanction to publicly criticise powerful people.[4]
- ^ a b Walking like a crab': Analyzing maskanda music in post-apartheid South Africa, Barbara Titus, Ethnomusicology, 2013
- ^ Digital News, SABC (20 March 2019). "Maskandi artists ask govt to turn Phuzushukela's home into museum". SABC News. Archived from the original on 29 March 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ The music of Zulu immigrant workers in Johannesburg PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE SYMPOSIA ON ETHNOMUSICOLOGY 1ST SYMPOSIUM 1980, RHODES UNIVERSITY, Johnny Clegg
- ^ The Guitar in Zulu "maskanda" Tradition, The World of Music, Vol. 32, No. 2, 1994, pp. 118-137