Tswang- tswang-tswang, le bone ngwana o tshwana le lecoloured.â This loosely translates to,
âbehold, she is as beautiful as a mulattoâ.
This perennial wedding favorite is always guaranteed to get guests off their seats to join the bride and groom in their wedding step routines.
But there is a backstory to the song that is not very merry. It is the product of the internalization of racialized beauty standards, and the continuation of a long history in which black women have been subjected to incessant messages about European ideals of beauty through music, family, peers, partners, the media, and larger society.