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Madhouse – Sankamota
Sankamota – Sankamota Okay, so Sankamota were actually from Lesotho and not South Africa, so this is a little cheat, but I don’t feel too bad as it was those Shifty fellows, Lloyd Ross and Warrick Sony, who recorded and promoted the album, so maybe for this entry you will allow it to be one of the 1001 Southern African Songs You Should Hear before You Go Deaf. Sankomota were the first band to be…
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AIS: Sankomota: An Ode in One Album – A Reflective Essay
AIS: Sankomota: An Ode in One Album – A Reflective Essay
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Book title: Sankomota: An Ode in One Album – A Reflective Essay Author: Phehello J Mofokeng Publisher: Geko Publishing (2018) Publishing Editor: Vuyo Seripe (Geko) Typesetting, design and layout: Geko Publishing (Pty) Ltd Cover artwork: Geko Publishing (Pty) Ltd ISBN: 978-0-620-77839-1 Date of release: October 2018 Genre: Non-fiction/Essay Contributing editors:Prof…
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You might want to pull out the crystal champagne flutes and your finest bubbly for this one.
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sankomota replied to your post: Some short fat lady from the show Bad ...
REDD. she sucked i hated her anyway
Yeah! That's her name! Lol. She seemed kinda bratty tbh lol
Been playing this mash-up of Jay-z and Sankomota off the DJ Papercut presents Jay-Z: The african way Project by DJ Papercutt all morning. This is legit one of the best blends I've ever heard. A unique take and very well done. Sir, take a bow! DL over here J PAPERCUTT presents JAY Z: WAY
by Ts'eliso Monaheng
The history of Sankomota is as long-winded as it is interesting; it is a dense tale punctuated by varying degrees of bad timing, terrible decisions and bad luck. Starting out in 1975 under the name Uhuru, copyright claims from the Jamaican Michael Rose’s Black Uhuru meant that they had to re-think their entire strategy and re-focus their musical energies as Sankomota. It was no easy feat considering that Uhuru was already well known across the Southern African region by the late 70s. Adoring followers in both Lesotho and South Africa could not get enough of their groove-oriented, Afrikan-tinged melodies and ‘get-up-and-dance’ song dynamics. That they were really good at what they did, did not hurt either.
According to Frank Leepa, “Sankomota” was the name of a Pedi warrior who lived during the times of King Moshoeshoe. The band adopted it and re-imagined the moniker into a symbol of unity regardless of one’s tribe. Notions of ‘belonging’ were overlooked in favour of a more encompassing sound. The lyrics often contained entire verses sung in Zulu, Pedi, or Sotho; the music – stark and dense in equal measure – carried elements of the band’s influences. Melodies criss-crossed mbhaqanga’s high-brow technicality, jay-walked on reggae’s combustible street-corners, and shaved off jazz music’s jaded vision to form an amalgam of what Frank referred to as “malo” (spirit/soul) music.
