Awase-Afrika athanda umculo waseMelika

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Uma uchithe isikhathi emaphandleni ase-Sub-Saharan Africa into eyodwa engase ikushaqise ukuthandwa komculo wezwe laseMelika.

Umculo waseMelika uthandwa ngalendlela yokuthi angeke uphume endaweni yokucima ukoma, iphathi noma umshado ngaphandle kokuwuzwa udlala.

Ngesikhathi umculo wezwe laseMelika ufika e-Afrika ngeminyaka ka-1970 waduma ngokushesha e-Anglophone kangangokuthi abaculi abaningi base-Afrika ngaleso sikhathi bazama ukulingisa abaculi baseMelika ababedumile ngaleso sikhathi.

Isibonelo esihle kungaba ingoma yomculi ka-Emma Ogosi enesihloko esithi Akulula.

Esinye isibonelo kungaba i-albhamu yonyaka ka-1985 emelene nobandlululo yabaculi ababili base-Ivory Coast uJess Sah Bi noPeter One enesihloko esithi-Our Garden Needs Its Flowers eyaphinde yakhishwa ngo-2018 kubika i-Pitchfork.

Imishado esaqhuba lokhu isezindaweni ezisemaphandleni e-Kenya, e-Tanzania, e-Zambia nase-Zimbabwe. Abantu bendawo kulezi zingxenye ze-Afrika baze bamukela ngisho nokudansa okuhlukile. 

Umbuzo ukuthi kungani umculo wezwe laseMelika uthandwa kangaka ngabantu basemaphandleni ase-Afrika aqhele ngamakhilomitha amaningi ukusuka eNyakatho neMelika lapho lolu hlobo lomculo lwasungulwa khona ngeminyaka yango-1920?.

Lokhu kwenziwa ukuthi iwona kuphela umculo waphesheya abangahambisana nawo. Uma kuqhathaniswa nomculo wamanje wezwe lase-Zimbabwe ucishe ufane nomculo wezwe laseMelika.

Abantu basemaphandleni base-Afrika bangabalimi abalondoloza imvelo emphakathini kanye nabafuyi. Ngakho-ke ngokwemvelo umculo omayelana nezinkomo namaloli ukhuluma kakhulu kubona kune-pop noma i-hip hop ikakhulukazi uma uhambiselana nabo ukuthi bagqoke amabhuzu abo nezigqoko zama-cowboy.

Ukuduma komculo wezwe laseMelika kungabonakala ngisho ohlotsheni lomculo oludume kakhulu e-Anglophone Sub-Saharan Africa okuwumculo wezokholo nokuhlanganiswa kwezinye izitayela zomculo.

UNgqongqoshe nomculi odumile wase-Nigeria u-Enni Francis benze lolu hlobo lomculo wokholo ngengoma ethi-Kabiesi.

Futhi uma sikhuluma abantu base-Afrika bengeze ngezitayela zabo kanye nezinsimbi kumakhava omculo wezwe laseMelika.

“Ingoma ethi-Kagoti Ka Marangi ka-Ythera Cowgirl okuyisampula yengoma ka-Dolly Parton yango-2003 enesihloko esithi-Coat of Many Colors” ephuma kwi-albhamu yakhe ye-Ultimate  ehlanganisiwe, iyisibonelo samakhava abuye ahlanganiswa afaka nezilimu ezahlukene zase-Afrika.

Ngakho uma uzithola usemaphandleni e-Afrika ungamangali ukuzwa izingoma zikaJohnny Cash noHank Williams!

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