Beautiful, Tragic Voices: Women of Mombazo and "Vimba"

Today's random tune is by the South African group Women of Mombazo. They were formed by the wife of Joseph Shabalala, founder and leader of Ladysmith Black Mombazo. Nellie Shabalala created Women of Mombazo as an allied group to Ladysmith Black Mombazo in the 1970s, but unfortunately she was shot and killed by a masked gunman in 2002, after which Women of Mombazo disbanded. The song is called Vimba, and it can be found on the various artists compilation CD Putumayo Presents: Women of Africa, released in 2004.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Shabalala