Ghorwane is a Mozambican

Mozambique

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 marrabenta

Marrabenta

Marrabenta is a form of Mozambican dance music. It was developed in Maputo, the capital city of Mozambique, formerly Lourenço Marques. The name was derived from the Portuguese rebentar , meaning to break. Marrabenta is influenced by Mozambican and Portuguese folk music and the Western popular music...

 band

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. It was founded in 1983. The band got its name after the lake

Lake

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 of the same name in the province of Gaza

Gaza Province

Gaza is a province of Mozambique. It has an area of 75,709 km² and a population of 1,333,106 .Xai-Xai is the capital of the province. Inhambane Province is to the east, Manica Province to the north, Maputo Province to the south, South Africa to the west, and Zimbabwe to the...

. This name was given by President Samora Machel

Samora Machel

Samora Moisés Machel was a Mozambican military commander, revolutionary socialist leader and eventual President of Mozambique...

 during a festival to celebrate the ten years of independence in 1985. Samora has declared that "It's prohibited to lie in the People's Republic of Mozambique" and cites Ghorwane as an example. Ghorwane is the Shangaan

Shangaan

The Tsonga people inhabit the southern coastal plain of Mozambique, parts of Zimbabwe and Swaziland, and the Limpopo Province of South Africa...

 term for "Good Boys". Their style is a combination of traditional Mozambique music, Afropop, and fusion. Ghorwane's music is sung in local language

Language

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s, including Shangaan, Ronga

Ronga

Ronga is a South-Eastern Bantu language in the Tswa–Ronga family spoken just South of Maputo in Mozambique. It extends a little into South Africa...

 and Chope. The band's composer

Composer

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 and saxophonist

Saxophone

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, Jose "Zeca" Alage, was murdered in 1993. Their 2005 album VANA VA NDOTA was dedicated to Zeca Alage (1959-1993) and Pedro Langa (1959-2001)

Later that same year, Ghorwane started a music co-operative, the first of its kind in Mozambique,
with the intention of promoting Mozambican music, improving working conditions for
local musicians and protecting composers rights.

Discography

may not be complete

• Majurugenta (1993)

1. Muthimba
2. Majurugenta
3. Matarlatanta
4. Xai-Xai
5. Mavabwyi
6. Sathuma
7. Buluku
8. Terehumba
9. Akuhanha

• Não é preciso empurrar (Soundtrack
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  ) (1994)

• Kudumba (1997)

1. U Yo Mussiya Kwini
2. Txongola
3. Salabude
4. Vhory
5. Massotcha
6. Pim-Pam-Pum
7. Xizambiza
8. Progresso
9. Sathani
10. Mamba Ya Malepfu

• Mozambique Relief (a compilation
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  , fundraising
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   album (2000)

1. Mayvavo - Ghorwane
2. Matxutxubanga
3. Wavitika - Ghorwane
4. Golheani - José Mucavele
5. Tiyisselane - Zebra
6. Xitarato
7. Lanixlamalissa - José Mucavele
8. Kadivae Mono - Stewart Sukuma
9. Danca Marrabenta - Gito Baloi
10. As Tuas Trancas - José Mucavele
11. Mayvavo LL - Ghorwane

• VANA VA NDOTA (2005)

1. Beijinhos
2. Vana-Va-Ndota
3. Nudez
4. Xindzavane
5. Kadinfuna
6. Tlhanga
7. Ubiwilitolo
8. Tlhary
9. Ndzava
10. Guidema
11. Livengo
12. Xitchukete
13. Tlhivhi