Track Title: Ekhaya
Genre: Contemporary Gospel
Duration: 5 Minutes 19 Seconds
Date of Release: 17 October, 2025
African worship music minstrel, music leader and contemporary lyricist Nontokozo Mkhize arrives with a new wine of melody titled Ekhaya. This time, the vocal Shwi Mantombazane was featured in her new sound “Ekhaya”.
The Bible records in Acts of the Apostles, chapter 16, that the Apostle Paul and his friend in ministry, Silas, were taken to prison for preaching the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Without struggling with the prison officers and without complaining or regretting their allegiance to the Lord Jesus Christ, the Apostle Paul and Silas were seen praising and worshiping God by singing aloud despite being chained. The two apostles of Jesus should have been crying or saying something terrible; how would someone be in such conditions and still be singing hymns to God? Nevertheless, there was a great earthquake that caused their chains to break and the prison doors to open. But do you know something? These two guys didn’t even move an inch! They didn’t even try to run away! If I had been there in that era, I would have interviewed them to know why they decided to still remain in the prison, despite all the torments they had gone through. The officer who was assigned to look after them eventually became a believer after seeing all that happened.
From this Bible story, one can tell that music is not just playing instruments, saying some words, lyrics, and what have you. Music is a powerful instrument for our spiritual warfare. So, play and listen to this new melody, learn it, and use it for your day-to-day battle life.