Late Maskandi star Inkos’yamagcokama opens his 17-track album “TRUE COLOURS” with “AMABULAWO,” a guitar-led song that keeps finding listeners.
Born Scebi Dlamini, he became the torchbearer of Maskandi with songs like “Kungcono Ngife” in 2017 and “Asenzele Bona” in 2019. Fans mourned him this year, and tributes such as Vystor X’s “Lala Ngoxolo Nkosi YamaGcokama” show how much he meant to the community. So this opener now carries extra weight. It is the first thing a listener hears on an album he released before his passing.
The song runs three minutes and 41 seconds. Scebi Dlamini wrote and composed it, and IVULANDLELA HOLDINGS released it through Africori. His style stays clear in the opening. Rhythmic guitar patterns lead the way, and his soft, high-pitched voice sits on top. His lyrics centred on real-life experiences, everyday observations, and respect for the Zulu community and the people of KwaZulu-Natal. Afromag describes the track as classic Maskandi storytelling, and Audiomack’s iSginci playlist, which collects Zulu guitar soul, features him prominently.
The numbers show steady love. The track has passed 30,000 plays on Audiomack and more than 500 playlist adds. Other songs from “TRUE COLOURS,” like “BAHAMBA BONKE” and “ISAZOCHOMELANA” with Boohle, have also kept his name active in playlists. Listeners who want to understand why he mattered can begin with this opener.
For Maskandi fans, the song now works as both a favourite record and a quiet remembrance.
Remember Scebi Dlamini with “AMABULAWO” and tell us – which Inkos’yamagcokama song means the most to you?
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