maskanda, noun
- Forms:
- Also mazkande.
- Origin:
- IsiZulu, AfrikaansShow more Adaptation of isiZulu umasikanda, from umasikandi (plural omasikandi) choir conductor, skilled guitarist, adaptation of Afrikaans musikant musician.
Music
Zulu traditional music played on Western instruments, such as the combination of a guitar with concertina or violin. Frequently attributive.
1980 J. Clegg in Papers, Symposium on Ethnomusicology, 1980 (Internat. Library of Afr. Music, 1981) 2The gxagxa are people who..are somehow problematically situated between what we call a really fervent traditionalist, Ibhinca, somebody who wears the skins, and Ikholwa, a Christian. He’s somebody who has mixed both music forms and has developed a ‘mazkande’ tradition.
1992 A. Dodd in Weekly Mail 28 Aug. (Jo’burg Alive) 12This is a rare opportunity to catch the unique sound and energy of mbaqanga and maskanda music.
Zulu traditional music played on Western instruments, such as the combination of a guitar with concertina or violin. Frequently attributive.
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