Definitions for "Mbube"
"Lion"; a cappella choral singing style of South African Zulus, featuring call and response patterns, close-knit harmonies and syncopation.
A range of choral musics combinging Zulu-Swazi forms with the sounds of African church choirs. Mbube was a mixture of Zulu-Swazi, European, Afrikaans, and Afro-American styles. Favored by migrants in the '40s and '50s.
South African choral singing style best-known via Ladysmith Black Mambazo's iscathamiya variant