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Umshini wam, mshini wam / Khawuleth'umshini wam ...(The Week)(Jacob Zuma; political song)(Brief article)
Umshini wam, mshini wam / Khawuleth'umshini wam ... The lyrics of the song are in the Zulu language. They translate as: "My machine, my machine, please bring my machine," where the device referred to is understood to be a machine gun (though we are told there is a salacious subtext). This is the theme song of a South African politician, Jacob Zuma, who has just been elected president of the African National Congress, his country's dominant political party. Zuma's election was humiliating for Thabo Mbeki, who, though still president of the country, ...
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