Amampondo

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Years Active
1979 – present (46 years)
Founded In
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
"Amampondo is a South African percussion ensemble which was started by Dizu Plaatjies in Langa Cape Town in 1978. The other founding members were, Simpiwe Matole, Michael Ludonga, Mzwandile Qotoyi, Leo Mbizela and Mandla Lande. Amampondo has entertained audiences with their broad spectrum of African traditional and contemporary compositions . They have taught and played the world over, from Israel to Japan, from Scandinavia to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The group continue to perform but without their former leader, Dizu Plaatjies who has started his own proje… read more
"Amampondo is a South African percussion ensemble which was started by Dizu Plaatjies in Langa Cape Town in 1978. The other founding members were, Simpiwe Matole, Michael Ludonga, Mzwandile Qotoyi, Leo Mbizela and Mandla Lande. Amampondo has entertained audiences with their broad spectru… read more
"Amampondo is a South African percussion ensemble which was started by Dizu Plaatjies in Langa Cape Town in 1978. The other founding members were, Simpiwe Matole, Michael Ludonga, Mzwandile Qotoyi, Leo Mbizela and Mandla Lande. Amampondo has entertained audiences with their broad spectrum of African traditional and contemporary compositions . They have taugh… read more

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1 Drums For Tomorrow Nobabheha
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2 Langa Nights: The Best of Amampondo Qongqothwane (The Click Song)
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3 Play track HEARTBEAT OF AFRICA Uyandibiza Mawethu
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4 Ku Kanjani - Âme Live Version Ku Kanjani - Âme Live Version
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5 Drums For Tomorrow Salawena
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6 Inyama Inyama
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7 An Image of Africa Soshangane
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8 An Image of Africa Gumgedle
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9 I Exist Because of You (Henrik Schwarz live version) I Exist Because of You (Henrik Schwarz live version)
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10 Gula Matari Gula Matari
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  1. 1,491 listeners

    1 Nov 2009 · 13 tracks

    HEARTBEAT OF AFRICA Uyandibiza
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  2. 661 listeners

    31 Dec 1991 · 12 tracks

    An Image of Africa
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  3. 545 listeners

    1 Jan 1997 · 9 tracks

    Inyama
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  4. 479 listeners

    1 Jan 1997 · 13 tracks

    Drums For Tomorrow
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