Amampondo is a South African percussion ensemble that was started by Dizu Plaatjies in Langa, Cape Town in 1979. The name in Mpondo means people of Mpondo...

musicians from across the world. This ensemble has included Mabi Thobejane, Amampondo, Steve Stevens, Eduardo Niebla, Greg Ellis, Taz Alexander, Sugizo, Budgie...

King Ngqungqushe kaNyawuza was the last ruling monarch of the United AmaMpondo Kingdom in Southern Africa from 1818-1867. During his reign, King Faku...

the surviving Ngwane people submitted to AbaThembu others went to join AmaMpondo and other Kingdoms. The great house of Mpondo is called Ndimakude Great...

sometimes assisted to get to their destination by the hospitable but fierce amaMpondo. Sometime in the 1810s K intervened in a succession dispute among the...

KaNgqika, Gonya KaSandile, Faku KaGonya (Not to be confused with the Amampondo King), Velile KaFaku, Mxolisi KaVelile, Maxhob'ayakhawuleza KaMxolisi...

proto-Bantu agro-pastoralists and established federations (AbaThembu, AmaMpondo, AmaXhosa, and AmaMpondomise) in the 5th century AD. The Xhosa trace their...

Finally Mpondoland as well became a British protectorate and in 1894 the amaMpondo were forced to accept the annexation of their own region to the Cape Colony...

AmaGqunukhwebe AmaNgqika AmaRharhabe AmaNdlambe AmaMfengu AbaThembu AbeSuthu AmaMpondo AmaMpondomise AmaBhele AmaVundle or Vundla AmaXesibe AmaBomvana AmaHlubi...

of the amaMpondo kingdom, King Ngubengcuka of abaThembu kingdom and King Hintsa of the amaXhosa kingdom. They were assimilated into the amaMpondo, abaThembu...

choir from Pretoria Sizwe Alakine, Amapiano musician (aka Reason, rapper) Amampondo, traditional Xhosa percussion group from Cape Town Anatii (born 1993)...

Ntokozo Mayisela, and another child with Princess Wezizwe Sigcau of amaMpondo royalty. Despite being King Goodwill Zwelithini's third oldest surviving...

special guest appearances from Baaba Maal (Senegal) and Maxi Jazz (UK); Amampondo (South Africa), Amjad Ali Khan (India); Bembeya Jazz (Guinea); Celloman...

amaKhonjwayo (currently ruled by Dumisani Gwadiso) title Inkosi Enkhulu of the amaMpondo, currently ruled by Ndamase NDAMASE (West) and Jongilanga Sigcau (East)...

6:13 (co-produced by Steve Stevens) "Hule Lam" – 4:00 (co-produced by Amampondo) "Insects" – 6:18 (co-produced by Mike Maguire) "Badimo" – 7:14 (co-produced...

his people. Eventually he fled South into lands occupied by abaThembu, amaMpondo and the neighboring Xhosa nations, which ultimately teamed up with the...

Source: The Witness EP Dream House LP Tatischeff EP Âme Live EP Âme & Amampondo – Ku Kanjani EP Rrose Sélavy / Junggesellenmaschine A Critical Mass Live...

was the birthplace of the internationally acclaimed percussion ensemble Amampondo. Temba Bavuma (1990–), cricket player Fatima Dike (1948–), playwright...

government, has yet to be crowned. A sept of the Nyawuza clan of the amaMpondo. The amaMpondo are descended from Mpondo, the twin brother of Mpondomise. Coronation...

as David Kramer, Robin Auld and later the neo-traditional African band Amampondo. This success was partly due to the label's involvement in the live presentation...

lineage with the AmaMpondomise, AmaXesibe, AbakwaMkhize, AmaBomvu and AmaMpondo as they all have related cultural similarities. The passing of four centuries...

Some of the tribes that fall under the category of Xhosa people include: AmaMpondo, AbaThembu, AmaMpondomise, AmaHlubi, AmaBhaca, AmaXesibe, AmaBomvana and...

known for being the founder and former leader of the South African group, Amampondo. He is a graduate of the South African College of Music, University of...

South African economic aid.[citation needed] In 1979, after the death of AmaMpondo King Botha Sigcau, Mathanzima became State President, with his brother...

Particularly notable classical performers on the marimba include: Keiko Abe Amampondo Bogdan Bacanu Daniel Bolgar Pedro Carneiro Vida Chenoweth Pius Cheung...

Edmund Gonya Sandile (1878–n/a) Faku Sandile, (Not to be confused with the Amampondo King) (1932–1954) Archie Velile Sandile (1954–1965) Mxolisi Bazindlovu...

neo-traditional South African music, internationally anyway, is the music of Amampondo and the solo work of their leader and founder, Dizu Plaatjies. He and...

substitutes such as pieces of cardboard or zinc which is beaten with sticks. Amampondo Dizu Plaatjies Stompie Mavi Madosini Miriam Makeba Nofinishi Dywili Uhadi...

(Brian May and Roger Taylor) Paul Oakenfold with Shifty Shellshock and TC Amampondo Drummers Baaba Maal Youssou N'Dour Angelique Kidjo Bono and The Edge from...

14 January 1937, Sigcau was the daughter of King Botha Sigcau of the AmaMpondo state who was a former President of the Transkei in 1976–1978. Her brothers...