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Phansi Emgodini
Studio album by
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Released9 September 1981
Recorded17 August 1981
Genre Isicathamiya
Length35:00 approx.
Label Gallo Record Company
Producer West Nkosi
Ladysmith Black Mambazo chronology
Ulwandle Oluncgwele
(1981)
Phansi Emgodini
(1981)
Umthombo Wamanzi
(1982)

Phansi Emgodini ("Down in the mine") is an album by the South African isicathamiya group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Phansi Emgodini is mambazo 15th album. The album (#BL 321) was recorded on 17 August 1981 and released on 9 September that year. The album also featured the group's first German-language song, "Wir Grüssen Euch Alle" ("We Greet You All") following their successful tour of Cologne, Germany.

Track listing

  1. "Nansi Imali" ("Here Is The Money")
  2. "Saziwa Izwe Lonke"
  3. "Hamba Angikhathali"
  4. "Shukuma Ntombi"
  5. "Khwishi Khwishi" ("Spit, Spit")
  6. "Sawela Ulwandle" ("Over The Sea")
  7. "Ukhulumelani?"
  8. "Wemhlaba Uzodela"
  9. "Wena Ntombi Uyasidumaza"
  10. "Uzenzile Akakhalelwa"
  11. "Nansi Indaba Sondelani"
  12. "Wir Grüssen Euch Alle / Sanibonani Nonke"