The revival of uhadi and umrhubhe in urban South Africa

The revival of uhadi and umrhubhe in urban South Africa

By Geoffrey ‘Diver’ Smuts After decades of scarcity and obscurity, southern African musical bows are making a comeback. This seems to be especially true of cosmopolitan areas in the Eastern and Western Cape provinces of South Africa, where interest in the construction and performance of the Xhosa musical bows, uhadi and umrhubhe, is growing rapidly.  Musical bows are found throughout Southern Africa, with different iterations found across South …