Sikhumbuzo Makandula and Mthwakazi

This live performance by Sikhumbuzo Makandula and Mthwakazi explores how music composed by Tiyo Soga 160 years ago continues to form part of our everyday as an oral repertoire that thrives within our collective memory in many South African churches and schools. The work is set out as a call and response which draws from seven of Soga’s composed hymns and Nosuthu Soga’s letter written after Tiyo Soga’s death. The performance was realised in a multi-media format where both Mthwakazi and Makandula interpreted Soga’s songbook in a style Mthwakazi terms ‘Xhopera’ .