Maskandi artists fights tribalism through a hit song

By: Nkanyiso Mntambo

Twitter: @NkanyisoThoban2

Email: thobaninkanyiso20@gmail.com

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Maskandi artist song called Mtswarelo by Khetha Mlotshwa, an artist from Ulundi in an area called kwaCeza in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) played a major role in reducing tribalism on social media, especially on TikTok. 

 This song is written with the aim of reducing the tribalism that is growing daily on social media platforms. This song came after there was a stir on social media when Martin Maobi made a video and uploaded it on TikTok. In the video, he was criticizing Zulu people from KZN. He said Zulu people want to act as if they own South Africa because they don’t want to speak other languages when they move to other provinces in the country.  Below is the video of Martin Maobi.

                                                                                    Video: TikTok
           

Khetha Mlotshwa, also known as Maganga then took this opportunity to release the song with the aim of reducing people’s anger, since they did not agree with what Martin said. 

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Thuli Zulu (21), TUT student from Kwa-Zulu Natal said, ''When we move to other province where they speak unique languages it is not like we don’t like to speak other languages we simply don’t know how to speak them as some of us were born and bred in KZN where Zulu language is dominating, and we are not exposed to other language. Even the song called “Sigubha umtswarero" message has not reach out to many people according to me because it's seems like they don't understand the message behind the song as other tribes keep on mocking the Zulu speaking people. https://on.soundcloud.com/4cziu

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Thato Masilo (23), TUT student from Northwest said "Zulu speaking people need to learn other languages so that it will be easy for us and them to communicate. For me Zulus really need to do a self-introspection and look at themselves and ask if they do really want to be part of South Africa or they just want to be on their own in KZN, because it hard to take a person if he/she comes and speak their language and when you talk back in your language tells you that he/she doesn’t understand you". https://on.soundcloud.com/Snzag

 

 This song is not only listened by Zulu people but is listened by everyone who finds it worth listening. People have shown a lot of interest in this song, it has only been out for seven days, and it has been listened to by 20,000 people on YouTube. It is available on all digital platforms to those who still want to listen and download it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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