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The South African music scene includes both popular (jive) and folk forms. Pop styles are based on four major sources Zulu isicathamiya singing and harmonic mbaqanga.Christian missions provided the first organised musical training in the country bringing to light many of the modern country’s earliest musicians including Enoch Sontonga who wrote the national anthem Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika.

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