Editing Maskandi (section)

{{Short description|South African music genre}}
{{More citations needed|date=December 2013}}
{{Infobox music genre
| name              = Maskandi
| other_names       = {{hlist| Maskanda|Zulu blues}}
| stylistic_origins = {{hlist|[[marabi]]|[[performance poetry]]|Zulu folk music|[[talking blues]]}}
| cultural_origins  = 1920s - 1930s [[South Africa]]([[KwaZulu-Natal]]) and [[Rhodesia]]
| instruments       = {{hlist|[[finger pick]]|[[concertina]]|violin|[[mouth organ]]|singing|[[jaw harp]]|acoustic guitar| drums}}
| other_topics      = {{hlist|[[mbube (genre)|mbube]]|[[Zulu music]]|[[isicathamiya]]}}
}}

'''Maskandi''' (also '''Maskanda''')<ref name=":0" /> is a form of [[Zulu music|Zulu]] [[folk music]], originally associated with migrant workers,<ref name=":0">[https://pure.uva.nl/ws/files/9089731/ETM_57_2_Titus.pdf Walking like a crab': Analyzing maskanda music in post-apartheid South Africa], Barbara Titus, ''Ethnomusicology'', 2013</ref>  that is evolving with [[South Africa]]n society. Thought to be pioneered by [[Phuzushukela]] (John Bhengu).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Digital News |first=SABC |author-link=SABC News |date=20 March 2019 |title=Maskandi artists ask govt to turn Phuzushukela's home into museum |url=https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/maskandi-artists-ask-govt-to-turn-phuzushukelas-home-into-museum/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329153834/https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/maskandi-artists-ask-govt-to-turn-phuzushukelas-home-into-museum/ |archive-date=29 March 2024 |access-date=8 April 2024 |work=SABC News}}</ref> Often characterised by a picking guitar style which draws on a variety of historical influences<ref>The music of Zulu immigrant workers in Johannesburg PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE SYMPOSIA ON ETHNOMUSICOLOGY
1ST SYMPOSIUM 1980, RHODES UNIVERSITY, [[Johnny Clegg]]</ref> it also has an important social function with players being given sanction to publicly criticise powerful people.<ref>[[The Guitar in Zulu "maskanda" Tradition]], ''The World of Music'', Vol. 32, No. 2, 1994, pp. 118-137</ref>