Catamighty (champagnesheik) wrote in linguaphiles,
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Kwaito video language?

Hi all!

I'm trying to do some research on kwaito, a popular South African youth culture/musical genre. Wiki says kwaito music is usually sung in Isicamtho, which I gather is a creole of various languages including Afrikaans, Zulu, Sotho, and some others. I have found one of Arthur Mafokate's music videos whose title is in Zulu, but can anyone tell me what language the rest of the song is in? Is it Isicamtho, or some other tsotsitaal? Or just Zulu?




And if you'd like to give me a rough translation, that'd be cool too :)

Thanks for your help!
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