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- Afropop Worldwide: Isicathamiya
Defines the Zulu a cappella style of singing, isicathamiya, that evolved among the migrant gold miners working outside Johannesburg, South Africa. Includes links to African public radio, artists, and forums.
www.afropop.org/explore/style_info/ID/117/Isicathamiya
- Information Centre for South African Music (ISAM): Isicathamiya
Describes the a capella choral music accompanied by light tiptoe style dancing, which comes from the root of the Zulu word, "cathama" (to stalk like a cat).
www.puk.ac.za/music/isam/discourse/isicathamiya.html
- NPR: Songs and Sounds of South Africa
Features music from the Opera Troupe, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and the Kronos Quartet performs South African composer Kevin Volan's White Man Sleeps.
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4655663
- NPR: Zulu's 'Tip-Toe' Choir Competition
Every saturday night in a gritty YMCA in the South African city of Durban, men put on finely pressed suits, drink cheap beer and compete in an a cappella Zulu choir competition called isicathamiya.
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1847340
- Songs of the Night: Isicathamiya Choral Music From KwaZulu Natal
Provides a stylistic history of isicathamiya, delving into the sacred dimensions of the tiptoe dance as well as its relationship to the growth of rural-urban communities in South Africa.
www.folklife.si.edu/resources/Festival1997/songsof.htm
- Wikipedia: Isicathamiya
Features a hyperlinked profile of isicathamiya, a singing style originating before the turn of the 20th century, when numerous South African Zulu men left their homelands in order to search for work in the cities.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isicathamiya
- Zulu Indigenous Beliefs: To What Extent Do They Influence the Performance Practices of Isicathamiya Musicians?
Contains a paper in .pdf format examining the extent to which Zulu indigenous beliefs such as communalism with animals, and other beliefs, have been applied in the performance practices of isicathamiya musicians. From the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=21794&URL_DO=DO_PRINTPAGE&URL_SE...
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