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Zabalaza turns 20 today! It’s not only Thandiswa Mazwai's debut solo album but an important work of art of our generation. Personified, it’s a Gen Z, birthed by a 1976 superstar whose light guided us through the ‘90s & beyond. A composer, singer, songwriter, activist, and “Aunty of the Nation”, a title Thandiswa Mazwai would prefer to not own but is stamped on Zabalaza. A lover, of her people, messages on songs such as “Nizalwa Ngobani?”, “Kwanele”, “Ndilinde” & “Lahl’umlenze” exist not only in