Induku Zethu

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Induku Zethu
Studio album by Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Released March 3, 1983
Recorded 1983
Genre Isicathamiya
Length 35:00 approx.
Label Gallo Record Company
Producer West Nkosi
Ladysmith Black Mambazo chronology
Umthombo Wamanzi
(1982)
Induku Zethu
(1983)
Ibhayibheli Liyindlela
(1984)

Induku Zethu is an album by the South African isicathamiya group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The album (#BL 393) featured the group on the front cover photograph wearing traditional Zulu attire, with lead singer and founder Joseph Shabalala out front brandishing a spear (the album's title translated into English is "Our Fighting Sticks"). The album was released in 1983, and reissued internationally (one of many early Mambazo albums) in 1987 by Shanachie Records.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Mangosuthu"
  2. "Induku Zethu" (Our Fighting Sticks)
  3. "Vukani" (Wake Up)
  4. "Kubi Ukungalaleli"
  5. "Ithemba Lakho" (Your Hope)
  6. "Isono Sami Sentombi"
  7. "Ingwe Idla Ngamabala" (A Leopard Is Recognisable By Its Spots)
  8. "Umzalwane" (Brother)
  9. "Ifa Lobukhosana"
  10. "Wayibamba Mfana"
  11. "Watatazela" (You're In A Hurry)
  12. "Bakhuphuk' Izwe Lonke" (They Went Up To The Country)