What is the meaning of the song Nomalanga form Caiphus Semenya?

Answer 1

I'm not sure of the lyrics but the definition of the NOMALANGA is derived from LANGA which is Nguni(Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele, Swati) for SUN. In Nguni vernacular it is customary that a female is prefixed by "NO" or "NOMA", depending on the how the word sounds. For example a boy would be called LANGA while a girl is called NOMALANGA, these both mean the same but differ in a gender - context.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Nomalannga is a song about separation of families in South Africa during the Apartheid era.A man is lamenting about leaving his young wife (hint: he talks about leaving "children") & family for 5 years (i.e a contractual obligation with Teba - a big mining company at the time), he tries to console her and tells her to dry her tears cause everything will be alright. He vows that he will never end up living in hostels for good, where young men used to live and where women were not allowed. (What he means essentially is that he will not be broken by the system as many young men ended up disillusioned and left their families for good or became alcoholics due to the shame of being unable to provide for their families.)He then says things will change shortly, its only a matter of time - this is in reference to the political situation at the time, which ofcourse, was not legal to mention or protest against.In short, its a very sad song, which talks about the suffering during the Apartheid era that is rarely talked about - the breakdown of families and the hopelessness & anguish which was brought by the separation.