When she went to Domboshaba hills she found a creature with a face of a human being and a body of a large snake under a big rock in the cave. The girl began to sing a song and the creature followed her to the compound and it licked the wound of the old man until he was healed. The old man then said to the creature, "I don't have anything to give you for what you have done for me, I shall arrange lobola and a feast for you and my daughter to marry"...then the creature transformed into a handsome young man. These are the introductory words of Kalanga music legend Ndingo Johwa's Nkabaile from the album, Batalaunda. Nkabaile and many more of the baritone voiced legend's splendid folk songs were performed live to lovers of Kalanga folk music in a fund-raising concert to take Kalanga culture to greater heights.
Good music, no matter the element of language barrier never ceases to be appreciated; Johwa's work is one of those that are fine and most sweet even to non-Kalanga speakers.
