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BENJAMIN TYAMZASHE (1890-?) |
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Along with the dramatic movement came a revived interest in Zulu and Xhosa music. Interest in music had been eblivened by Dube's Travelling Choir of Ohlange. This choir paid annual visits to Johannesburg to secure funds for the school at Ohlange. During the years of the revival of African music there appeared in the Native Teachers' Journal Caluza' famous song Ixhengwana. R. T. Caluza published a collection of his songs in book form in 1928. . . Caluza later went to America to study and returned with M. A. and B. Sc. Degrees in music. He is at present in charge of Adam's College Music Department. With Caluza must be merntioned Ben Tyamzashe, A. T. C. L., also a noted composer of songs among the Xhosa. Educated at Kimberley and Lovedale, he taught at Tiger Kloof Institution and at Cala. Tyamzashe was the composer of the famous songs Ivoti and Hai abant'-abamnyama.
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