Ladysmith Black Mambazo is among the groups that I can listen to for hours and doing so always leaves me feeling better. Then, there's the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." Some nights my mother would sing it to get her brood to sleep ~ leaving me with dreams of foreign countries just waiting to be explored. I'm awestruck to learn that the roots of this song go as far back as the 1920s ...
The Lion Sleeps Tonight