Ukhandampondo (poll tax)

ukhandampondo (poll tax)
Studio album by
Released2002
GenreZulu Maskandi and Afro Jazz
Length52" 53'
LabelGallo Record Company
ProducerJabu Khanyile & Sipho Sithole
Bambata chronology
1906
(2000)
ukhandampondo (poll tax)
(2002)
Abashokobezi 1906–2006
(2006)

ukhandampondo (poll tax) is the second album by the South African music project Bambata, released in 2002. It continues on the themes of the first album 1906, focusing on the year 1906 and the Bambatha rebellion against English and the poll tax the latter had created.[1]

The album was nominated for the Best Zulu Music Album in the 9th South African Music Awards in 2003.[2]

  1. ^ Liner notes for ukhandampondo (poll tax).
  2. ^ Beyond Memory. Recording the History, Moments and Memories of South African Music. From the diary of Max Mojapelo. Edited by Sello Galane. African Minds, Westenburg, Polokwane, 2008, p. 251.