Talk:Kwela
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I removed "As a youngster I was told that the infectious kwela dance rhythms of the South Africa of my youth came from a word that means 'step up'." Reminiscences should not be included in articles.
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"This name is tinged with irony, and reflects the strong, happy spirit that characterises the new South Africa, which overcomes adversity with good humour." The new South Africa started much later than the kwela era.
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"It derives from the order, often from the police, when bundling people into their trucks. "Step up!"" as it is duplicated further on in the article. Tiles 07:36, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Kwela
Referring to Paul Simon's Graceland; that's OK, but wasn't it Harry Belafonte (Paradise in Gazangulu) using this music before? Frits van Aarssen The Netherlands
- Nope. Belafonte's Paradise In Gazankulu was done in 1988, almost three years after Simon's Graceland. --LBM | TALK TO ME 15:54, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
