Editing Maskandi (section)

==Origins==

The music originated in "female gourd-resonated monochord songs that were transferred and given an acoustic life on guitar".<ref>[https://pan-african-music.com/en/busi-mhlongo-south-africa-urban-punk-king/ Busi Mhlongo, South Africa's urban punk king], Nombuso Mathibela, ''Pan-African Music'', 16 March 2022</ref> The roots of what is today called maskandi have been traced back to non-guitar based forms of music in the 1920s, with the shift to guitar beginning in [[Rhodesia]] in the 1930s with a group of musicians inspired by the music in Western films.<ref>[https://www.capetalk.co.za/index.php/articles/251219/maskandi-101 Maskandi 101], ''Cape Talk'', Mmakgomo Tshetlo, 5 April 2017</ref> It was then developed by migrant workers in South Africa.<ref>[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>