South African diamond and gold miners sang to keep rhythm with their tedious work, to communicate through stomps and clapping code and ease their struggles through terrible times. In this video we hear “Shosoloza,” a South African/Zimbabwean mine work song. The word “Shosoloza” means “hope” in the Zimbabwean language of Ndebele. (More about Shosoloza.)
We are revising the AllAroundThisWorld.com site and are currently using a new (better!) site — ExploreEverywhere.com — to tell you all about our curriculum offerings and how to become one of our teachers. That said, if you were on ExploreEverywhere, you clicked to find more information about a song or lesson, and landed here, you’re in the right place! Some links may be broken and a detail or two may be out of date…but close the popup window and enjoy!
