Spokes Mashiyane South Africa
Biography
Spokes Mashiyane is a legendary penny whistle player in South Africa and one of the primary exponents of Kwela. Kwela is described accurately in wikipedia as follows. 'Kwela is a happy, often pennywhistle based, street music from southern Africa with jazzy underpinnings. It evolved from the marabi sound and brought South African music to international prominence in the 1950s.'
