Ni wimbo wa asili ya Kusini mwa Afrika wenye kuhamasisha na kutia moyo. Uliimbwa na watu waliokuwa wakielekea vibaruani nchini Afrika Kusini, kwa asili wakitokea Zimbabwe (maelezo yapo hapo chini). Ni wimbo ambao nimekuwa nikiuimba kwa takribani wiki nzima sasa.

♫ Shosholoza, Shosholoza; Kule Zontaba, Stimela siphume South Africa
Wen'uyabaleka, Wen'uyabaleka; Kule Zontaba, Stimela siphume South Africa ♪♪

ORIGINAL: Shosholoza Ku lezontaba Stimela siphum' eSouth Africa. Wen' uyabaleka, Wen' uyabaleka Ku lezontaba Stimela siphum' eSouth Africa. (ROUGH TRANSLATION: Move fast on those mountain strain from South Africa. You are running away on those mountain strain from South Africa).

Shosholoza is a traditional Southern African folk song. The song was traditionally sung by all-male work gangs in a call and response style.

The song has been recorded by a variety of artists, including Helmut Lotti, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, PJ Powers, The Glue, Soweto Gospel Choir, Peter Gabriel and Drakensberg Boys' Choir, as well as being a standard of most gumboots bands. The song gained further popularity after South Africa won the 1995 Rugby World Cup, and is a favourite at sport events in South Africa. The South African boy band Overtone recorded the song for director Clint Eastwood's movie Invictus (2009), in which the 1995 World Cup victory plays a central role in newly-elected president Nelson Mandela's desire to unite the racially-divided country.

The word Shosholoza means go forward or make way for the next man, and is also reminiscent of the sound made by the steam train (stimela) described in the song. The song was originally sung by Ndebele migrant workers travelling home from South Africa, hence the lyrics. The Ndebele live predominantly in Zimbabwe (at the time known as Rhodesia), and whilst Ndebele and Zulu are very similar, the song is Zimbabwean in origin. The song has also given its name to Team Shosholoza, the first African challenger for the America's Cup, and to Shosholoza Meyl, the long-distance passenger train service operating in South Africa.

This was not originally a song of joy or victory. It was sung by workers on way to the mines, a harsh and dark reality of hard labor for low pay. It has since come to represent the banding together of a people, their pride and dignity, and their progression into a new and free world.

Explanation of the song "Shosholoza"  was retrieved from Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia .