To the joy of hordes of his fans, Mashudu Nematoka has finally released his highly anticipated album, Lufuno a si Thendara.
Limpopo Mirror caught up with the Gauteng-based Nematoka of A Huna Damu Li si na Ngwena fame in Makhado. He had come to Limpopo last week to perform at a wedding.
Lufuno a si Thendara is a song which slaps your mind with its poetic lyrics and disco-like sound. He tells his listeners to understand that love is not a tender: “Many people think that love is like a tender and forget that any tender expires when the work has been done. A tender is also based on a contract, which is also limited to a certain duration or scope, and has conditions which the contractor must abide by. That contract can also get terminated.”
Nematoka sings that love “vibrates” like a mobile phone inside the pocket. Only the holder of that phone will hear or feel the vibration of the gadget. “You must allow love to vibrate in your heart,” he echoes his lyrics.
There is a change of sound in this new work. However, Nematoka doesn’t leave his listeners behind by changing his style. “My style is unique and I won't alienate my fans with something else,” he said. “I remain Mashudu Nematoka whom they have known all these years. I still wear my suits – one of sisal sack and the other of steel.”
There are good songs to look out for in this new work, such as Zwi khwathisaho mita, Vho Nakesa, Ho Vhilingana, Vha ya Funana and Limuya la mbiti a lo ngo luga.
On this album, he also urges wives to respect their husbands because it is the only muti to keep marriages stronger and healthy. Nematoka is known in Limpopo as the ‘king of weddings’.
“If you invite me to perform at your wedding, your marriage will last forever,” he said. “I don’t think a marriage ceremony will be complete without Mashudu Nematoka.”
In the song Vho Nakesa, he pays tribute to African women for their beauty. He hints that they must feel comfortable to be in their skin and stop listening to words of discouragement.
Born at Mudzidzidzi village in Ha-Tshivhasa, Nematoka is on Facebook, and he can be reached at 083 725 1410.
