Kuduzela Large

Relatively few people have been privileged to experience the awe at watching Africa’s most majestic and elegant of antelope, the Kudu, gracefully galloping across the African bush. It is known as a solitary animal, more likely to roam the vast plains on its own, than to be found in a herd, and is easily identified by its most distinct feature, its magnificent spiralled horns.

The greater kudu’s horns can grow as long as 180 cm in length, making 2 graceful twists to its points, and have long been prized in Africa for a number of uses, most notably being used by the Matabele people, as a call to action when villagers were engaged in battle or meetings. It is believed that the earliest form of traditional “trumpet” was the Kudu Horn – called ixilongo in isiXosa and mhalamhala in Tshivenda – which was blown to summon African villagers to meetings.

Thus what could be more African, than a combination of one of Africa’s most loved musical instruments, the Vuvuzela, and its most majestic and much loved antelope.

The aptly named Kuduzela, which is based on the design of the handsome Kudu’s curved horns, combines ancient tradition, traditional conservation and modern manufacturing, stretching across centuries, civilisations and our vast continent, in a harmonius blend between original Kudu horns and South African entrepreneurial spirit, making it a truly African instrument. The Kuduzela has replaced the very popular Vuvuzela, as the authentic symbol for sport in South Africa, and replaces the harsh blare of the Vuvuzela, with a softer trumpeting sound, which is easier on the ear.

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