Most South African music styles are deeply rooted in the country’s and culture’s history. Especially, the highly suppressive apartheid regime with all its repercussions helped shape many of the most prominent music styles. During the forced labour migration starting in the early 20th century, the migrant workers have developed several forms of expressive culture (see previous article on ‘Maskandi’ and ‘Gumboots’). Most of these forms of expressions are sung by Zulu men, since they made up the majority of migrants. The isicathamiya is an all men choral music, which epitomizes the terrifying experience many black South African had to go through. The word ‘isicathamiya’ is Zulu and means “to walk or step on ones toes lightly”. The usual group sizes vary between 4 and 25 members with all vocal ranges (bass, tenor, alto and soprano represented). As with other traditional music the content of most songs are either related to religious or cultural beliefs, politics, weddings, deaths or social issues such as crime, domestic violence and HIV/AIDS. Isicathamiya is also linked to gumboot dance in the sense that it was something many migrant workers did after a long day of work in their barracks in the mines. This way they were able to forget about loneliness, the hardship and their families back home.