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Ukhosi wako biba ugodhliliwa ngubani? (Who is going to take over the chieftanship?)

Group of fourteen Ngoni men and chorus of Ngoni women
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Ukhosi wako biba ugodhliliwa ngubani? (Who is going to take over the chieftanship?)
This song, for the succession of a chief, had been sung at the death of the Ngoni Paramount Chief Mpezeni, about 1942. (The singers were unsure of the date.) Clapping, whistling, stamping, and the sound of ankle rattles accompany the singing, performed by men and women led by Mischeck Ndhlamini.