Majola, Isaac

b. 1902, Gillespie location, Mount Ayliff district, Transkei

d. 13 November 1959, Gillespie

 

Isaac Majola attended school in Gillespie, then went to the Emfundisweni Training School in Flagstaff, where he qualified as a teacher. Majola went on to teach at three schools in the Transkei. During his teaching career, Majola was the conductor of the Gillespie Teachers' Choir, which won various competitions and eisteddfods. Furthermore, one of the school choirs conducted by Majola won the Transkei Choir Competition Shield for 13 years in succession. Majola began composing at the age of 20. His songs are about the people of the Transkei, both city dwellers and those of rural areas, and their different ways of life. The subject-matter of his songs ranges from tradition (eg. Imini zakundala, ‘The olden days’) to the modern (eg. iLuxury bus, ‘The luxury bus’).

 

 

Vocal

 

1. Abazali bam'

2. Amafu empumalanga

3. Amahlathi

4. Amanz' ase Mvusi

5. Amanz'olwandle

6. Amarabi

7. Amathafa ase-Bloemfontein

8. Amathafa ase-Idutywa

9. Amaxesh' akudala

10. Amaza

11. Asinwazi

12. Botani zihlobo

13. Bota September

14. Dafeti

15. Daliwonga

16. Debora

17. Dolly

18. Dudu wam'

19. Ekhaya eMt. Ayliff

20. Emahlathini

21. Empheko

22. Erec Emtata

23. George

24. Gugu Sthebe

25. Hayi lo nyaka u 1964

26. Ibhunga ePitoli

27. Ibuyile imidaka?

28. Idraai zeNdiba?

29. Idraai zikaNoweka?

30. I-Eisteddfod Emtata

31. Igillespie

32. Ihili-hili

33. Ihlobo?

34. Ihobe

35. Iinkungu' ezimphlophe

36. Ikaya lam' I

37. Ikaya lam II

38. Ikaya iMount Ayliff

39. Ikhwezi

40. Ilifu elimnyama

41. Ilifu lam'

42. ILoud speaker

43. ILuxury bus

44. Imali yam' ihlala ebhulukwe

45. Imbalela ka 1936

46. Imbongi

47. Imfazwe

48. Imfecane

49. Imfundo

50. Imonti impucuko

51. INational road

52. Inciba

53. Indonga zeTsitsa

54. Ingeji

55. Ingqina

56. Ingqwangi

57. Inkonjani

58. Inkos' 'ilanga

59. Inkosi zakudala

60. Inkos' Ungqika

61. Inqilo?

62. Intaba Yetafile

63. Intaba zeNtsizwa

64. Intaba zikaMathole

65. Intaba Zolundi

66. Intab'ezikude 'ngamasithela?

67. Intambanane

68. Intlebendwane

69. Intliziyo iligeza

70. Intyatyambo zehlobo

71. Inyanga

72. Inyang'enkungwini

73. Inyikima

74. Ipoll Tax

75. Igubu

76. I-Rock-'`n-Roll

77. Isiponono sam'

78. Isivuyo ekhaya mazikhothame?

79. Jemina

80. KwaMamtshawe

81. Kwi-Offisi kaMhle e C.D.R.

82. Ma-Afrika Nculan' uThixo

83. Manzindini

84. Masimbambisane

85. Masiye Benoni

86. McNamee Village(/eBay)

87. Molo Nyak'omutsha

88. Moses khulula ibandada zakho

89. Ndandithunywe kuQumbu

90. Ndanditshipile

91. Ndilidlavu

92. Ndilijacu

93. Ndililolo

94. Ndinebhongo (nge Transkei)

95. Ndiphuphe ndihamb' emaphandleni

96. Ndiswel' amaphiko

97. Ndivakalisa Ndinyanisile

98. New Look

99. Ngomhla

100. Ngoncwalzi

101. Nomalizo

102. Nothemba

103. Ookhokho bethu

104. Phezu komkhono

105. Phezu kwendonga zeTsita

106. Qash! Qash! Sana lwam

107. Ricksha Boy

108. Safa Lipasi

109. Sangoma

110. Sister Nomsasa

111. Siyabulela

112. Siya Bulisa

113. Sweet banana

114. Tarn Nkosi

115. Teddy Brown

116. Thina bamboo

117. Thwathwa?

118. Uabraham

119. UDaisy

120. UGolide

121. Ujobela wejojo

122. Ukhozi

123. Ukuza kukaKumkani

124. Uloliwe I

125. Uloliwe II

126. Uloyiso

127. Umalusi (Umalisi)

128. Umama wam

129. Umanyano ngamandla

130. Umaud wam

131. Umdudo I

132. Umdudo II

133. Umdudo kaTshami

134. Umlambo (Amanz' omlambo)

135. Umona

136. Umthakathi

137. Umthwakazi

138. Umtshato?

139. Umtshato kaNomalungelo

140. Undumiso

141. Unogumbe

142. UNomso

143. Untsikana

144. Unyak' omtsha

145. Unyak' ongumaqakathi

146. Usana lwam

147. Uthandiwe?

148. Uthukela

149. Utoki

150. UTshaka

151. Utshomi

152. Utsotsi ngu 1958

153. Yimini yomtshato

154. Yise kaNorah

155. Yise kaWilli

156. Yizani (iBanana)

157. Yiza Tshomi

158. Zakhalinkuku

159. Ilolo

160. Imini zakudala