Mandla

Mandla is an alternative Afro-folk single from Jabulile Majola, sung in isiZulu, tracing the quiet dignity of a man out of work. The name means strength, the very thing life keeps asking him to hold onto. Upbeat and celebratory in sound, it moves against the grain of its subject, its rhythm carrying the pulse of a community dancing someone back to hope. At its heart the song calls for grace, a reminder that a man's worth was never measured by his circumstance.