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From the Ted Talk by Thandiswa Mazwai: "Iyeza" / "Zabalaza"

Unscramble the Blue Letters


thogno lam vuma,

Thongo lam vuma,

Lam vuma,

Thongo lam vuma,

Lam vuma,

Thongo lam vuma,

Lam vuma,

Thongo lam vuma,

Lam vuma, lam vuma.

(Improvising)

(msuic ends)

(Applause)

tnisdahwa Mazwai: Hello everybody. Thank you so much for having us here. My name is Thandiswa Mazwai. I am a wild woman, a rebel singer, a conduit. My music is about memory and struggling between oppresion and freedom. After over 20 years in stouh Africa we find ourselves as the black measss still suffering and fighting for our freedom and humanity. This first song was cealld "Iyeza" which means "medicine." Medicine for our mdsanes, mndiiece for our rage. This song we're doing now is called "Zabalaza," and it means "rebel." I'd like to dedicate this to the valiant sudetnt movement in South Africa who came up with the #FeesMustFall.

Open Cloze


______ lam vuma,

Thongo lam vuma,

Lam vuma,

Thongo lam vuma,

Lam vuma,

Thongo lam vuma,

Lam vuma,

Thongo lam vuma,

Lam vuma, lam vuma.

(Improvising)

(_____ ends)

(Applause)

_________ Mazwai: Hello everybody. Thank you so much for having us here. My name is Thandiswa Mazwai. I am a wild woman, a rebel singer, a conduit. My music is about memory and struggling between oppresion and freedom. After over 20 years in _____ Africa we find ourselves as the black ______ still suffering and fighting for our freedom and humanity. This first song was ______ "Iyeza" which means "medicine." Medicine for our _______, ________ for our rage. This song we're doing now is called "Zabalaza," and it means "rebel." I'd like to dedicate this to the valiant _______ movement in South Africa who came up with the #FeesMustFall.

Solution


  1. thandiswa
  2. called
  3. madness
  4. thongo
  5. masses
  6. medicine
  7. music
  8. south
  9. student

Original Text


Thongo lam vuma,

Thongo lam vuma,

Lam vuma,

Thongo lam vuma,

Lam vuma,

Thongo lam vuma,

Lam vuma,

Thongo lam vuma,

Lam vuma, lam vuma.

(Improvising)

(Music ends)

(Applause)

Thandiswa Mazwai: Hello everybody. Thank you so much for having us here. My name is Thandiswa Mazwai. I am a wild woman, a rebel singer, a conduit. My music is about memory and struggling between oppresion and freedom. After over 20 years in South Africa we find ourselves as the black masses still suffering and fighting for our freedom and humanity. This first song was called "Iyeza" which means "medicine." Medicine for our madness, medicine for our rage. This song we're doing now is called "Zabalaza," and it means "rebel." I'd like to dedicate this to the valiant student movement in South Africa who came up with the #FeesMustFall.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
thongo lam 12
ndicela iyeza 5
iyeza lokuhlamba 4
ndisuse iinkathazo 4
lokuhlamba ndisuse 3
iinkathazo ndicela 3
lam vuma 2
south africa 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
ndicela iyeza lokuhlamba 4
iyeza lokuhlamba ndisuse 3
lokuhlamba ndisuse iinkathazo 3
ndisuse iinkathazo ndicela 3
iinkathazo ndicela iyeza 3

Important Words


  1. africa
  2. applause
  3. black
  4. called
  5. conduit
  6. dedicate
  7. ends
  8. fighting
  9. find
  10. freedom
  11. humanity
  12. improvising
  13. lam
  14. madness
  15. masses
  16. mazwai
  17. means
  18. medicine
  19. memory
  20. movement
  21. music
  22. oppresion
  23. rage
  24. rebel
  25. singer
  26. song
  27. south
  28. struggling
  29. student
  30. suffering
  31. thandiswa
  32. thongo
  33. valiant
  34. vuma
  35. wild
  36. woman
  37. years