South African Morning Assembly Students Singing In The Style Of South African Zion Churches (Part III)

Music World, Jan 26, 2018

High school learners singing Zion version at the assembly.

[song title] Konke okungaphakathi Kwam [Zulu]
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The English translation is "All the beauty within me".

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part III of a five part pancocojams series on South African schools morning assemblies.

This post showcases two videos of South African secondary school students singing during their morning assembly in the style of South African Zionist churches. 

This pancocojams post also includes a few comments from the discussion thread of the video that is given as Showcase Video #1,

Addendum #1 to this post presents some information about Southern Africa's Zionist churches. Addendum #2 to this post showcases a video of South African Zionist singing.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2024/03/south-african-schools-morning-assembly.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That post is entitled "South African Schools Morning Assembly Songs - "Ndikhokhele Bawo" & Some Other Songs (Part I)".

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2024/03/yawa-imbewu-two-other-songs-sung-by.html  for Part II of this pancocojams series. The title for that post is " "Yawa Imbewu" & Two Other Songs Sung By South African Primary School Students (Part II)".

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2024/03/south-african-students-from-nyanga-high.html for Part IV of this pancocojams series. The title of that post is "South African Students From Nyanga High School Singing "His name is Yahweh" And Two Other Songs At Morning Assemblies (Part IV)."

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2024/03/two-more-videos-of-south-africa-school.html  for Part V of this pancocojams series. The title of this post is "Two More Videos Of South Africa School Assemblies & Two Videos Of Lesotho School Assemblies (Part V)."

The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, religious, aesthetic, and educational purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all the students who are featured in this post and thanks to all the producers and the publishers of these videos on YouTube.Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post.

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THE DISCUSSION THREAD FOR THE VIDEO GIVEN AS SHOWCASE VIDEO #1

(Numbers are given for referencing purposes only.)

1. @thandolwethundzinisa8229m 2018
"Awu God bless u kids what you doing is amazing, growing as a kid i always wished we could sing songs zase Zion e assembly"

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2. @nomsagamede223, 2018
"Yooh I wish that my high school was like that. All voices are soo balanced"

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3. @ellenzinhlenkosi8756, 2018
"I love them so much

where is this school"

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4. @phumlamagaqa5954, 2023
"KZN"
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"KwaZulu-Natal" is a province in the nation of South Africa.

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5. @gfive75fl, 2018
"What school is this?"

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6. @smangalisomnguni1308, 2018
"high school, Phathakahle High School from Dannhauser"

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7. @gabriellaoppong7948, 2020
"Can someone translate? Beautiful!!"

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8. @nontobekonkonyane3407, 2021
"All the beauty within me"

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9. @simpyotto, 2022
"Konke (all) okungaphakathi (that is inside) kwam (of me)...Okuhle (The beauty) okunga (that is) phakathi (inside) kwam (of me)."

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10. @sthe_zar6341, 2022
"Chorus: 'All that is inside of me,all  that is good inside of me.....' "

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11. @keletsomogotsi3595, 2022
"If they praise the Lord in the morning they'll be blessed for the rest of the day"

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12. @MaKaBaZzA,2021
"It's the chuff chuff guy for me"
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Here's a definition of the term "chuff chuff" from https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/chuff
"To chuff is to breathe with an audible puff sound. You might chuff in the cold air as you jog down a frozen winter street.

Anyone who huffs and puffs can be said to chuff, although the old-fashioned verb is often used to describe the sharp puffing sound made by a steam engine. You might read in a novel, "She heard the train chuff as it pulled out of the station into the night." The word chuff is imitative of the sound itself and dates from the early twentieth century. In British English, chuff has an entirely different meaning, "pleased or happy." "
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This chuffing sound is a distinctive element of singing in South African Zion churches.

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13. @saneleabdulmkhize1587, 2021
"Ah Nkosi!!!!, makes me miss school so much"
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"Nkosi" is a Zulu word that means "king", However, probably in the context of this comment and in religious songs "nkosi" means "Lord" (God). 

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14. @philomhlongophilo8883, 2022
"Dankie Phathakahle High"
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"Dankie" means "Thank you" in Afrikaans [language].

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15. @refilwemolautsi3936, 2022
"Assemblies as a church praise...WOW BEAUTIFUL"

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16. @khutsoselepe3860, 2022
"Ja I miss assembly"

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17. @mathabomthethwa6979, 2023
"This song soothes my soul️ the lead singer...smh"

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18.@lebogangmoeketsi1614, 2023
"Only SA you will get this kind of worship. SA we are special to be honest."

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - School assembly Zion hymns.

Zayoni Zion, Mar 19, 2020  #zion

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ADDENDUM #1- INFORMATION ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA'S ZION CHURCHES
Excerpt #1 

from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionist_Churches 
"Zionist Churches are a group of Christian denominations that derive from the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion, Illinois. Missionaries from the church came to South Africa in 1904 and among their first recruits were Pieter Louis le Roux and Daniel Nkonyane of Wakkerstroom who continued to evangelize after the Zionist missionaries left in 1908.[1].

The Zionist Churches proliferated throughout southern Africa, and became African Independent Churches; research in 1996 suggested that 40% of all black South Africans belonged to a Zionist church.

[…]

Among the characteristics of Zionist denominations listed in that Wikipedia article are "Ritual garments, often mostly white, and prophetic staffs." and "Some smaller denominations worship in the open air, and practise "wheel" dances". This "wheel dance" is what is referred to as "isikhalanga"...

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Excerpt #2
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Zionism
"African Zionism, (also "amaZioni" from Zulu "people of Zion") is a religious movement with 15–18 million members throughout Southern Africa, making it the largest religious movement in the region. It is a combination of Christianity and African traditional religion. Zionism is the predominant religion of Eswatini and forty percent of Swazis consider themselves Zionist. It is also common among Zulus in South Africa. The amaZioni are found in South Africa, Eswatini, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia.[1] A large organization within this movement is the Zion Christian Church."...
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2022/01/general-information-about-southern.html for a 2022 pancocojams post entitled "General Information About (Southern Africa's) Zion Christian Church (Article Excerpts)".

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ADDENDUM #2 - A YOUTUBE VIDEO OF SINGING AT A SOUTH AFRICAN ZION CHURCH

Trust in Christ-Umusa Kankulunkulu

Trust in Christ, Jun 16, 2020

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