Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Oliver Mtukudzi Collaborate to celebrate Durban

4 times Grammy award winners Ladysmith Black Mambazo are working on a big collaboration with  music icon Oliver Mtukudzi . The song  and the music video was recorded in Durban. 

Ladysmith Black Mambazo is not only known for conquering the world with its soothing harmonies of  Isicathamiya music  and  regarded as  a mobile academy of South African culture and heritage.   

They tirelessly do remarkable collaborations with the world’s greatest artists  They have collaborated with the likes of Stevie Wonder , Dolly Parton , Paul Simon , the late Michael Jackson, just to mention a few .

Last year they made a historic collaboration with Mali super star  Salif Keita . Salif Keita came to South Africa to collaborate with Ladysmith Black Mambazo  on a song titled UNITED WE STAND,  which was aiming doing awareness  on  Xenophobic attacks . The song was well received locally and internationally and in the same year the group got special award on Africa Music Awards for its contribution in  uniting Africa through music .

VIDEO: UNITED WE STAND

The collaboration with Oliver Mtukudzi is part of an ongoing  initiative to promote Durban. Oliver and Black Mambazo will collaborate to reproduce their popular classic hit Hello My Baby .The song was written by the founder and the leader of the group Professor Joseph Shabalala. The song will now be accompanied by instruments with Shona lyrics added by the legendary Oliver Mtukudzi.

VIDEO: OLIVER MTUKUDZI TALKS ABOUT HIS  COLLABORATION WITH LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBASO

The song will be officially released next week, with a video featuring Durban as you have never seen the city before. 

BE THE FIRST TO HEAR HELLO MY BABY (EXCLUSIVE BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO)

Enjoy!