groaning, verbal noun
- Origin:
- EnglishShow more Special sense of general English.
Music
A style of singing, traditional among Nguni men, featuring a rasping, deeply resonant vocal tone, and now featured in popular music, especially in simanje-manje.
- Note:
- Epitomized in the singing of ‘Mahlathini’ (Simon Nkabinde), of the group ‘Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens’.
1980 D.B. Coplan Urbanization of African Performing Arts. 379Bopape discovered some performers of outstanding ability whose neo-traditional music could be processed into the new style. These included Simon ‘Mahlathini’ Nkabinde...He used a rasping bass, ‘goat voice’ vocal quality traditional among rural Nguni men and sang songs praising traditional social values. This ‘groaning’ style, as it was known in the urban areas, became the trademark of male mbaqanga or simanje-manje solo singing.
A style of singing, traditional among Nguni men, featuring a rasping, deeply resonant vocal tone, and now featured in popular music, especially in simanje-manje.
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