Silang Mabele
is the peak of Vusi Mahlasela’s
achievements –
a wonderful range of originality, joyous, humorous, lamenting, celebrating. Music was at the heart of the struggle for freedom. Vusi was there. Music is at the heart of reconstruction; Vusi’s music is here to stir and delight us. He’s a national treasure. – Nadine Gordimer (May 1997)
The track ‘Weeping’ is, in my opinion, not only the finest song ever to be written in South Africa, but the lyrical content, the history and the message of the song make it the most important song to have emerged from our country in the last 50 years. – Grahame Beggs, producer of ‘Weeping’
This album is dedicated to all those who believe in making this country a livable place. A place of peace in which people will enhance each other, to build a paradise free from fears, poverty, and hatred.
• Lyrics on CD-insert