 They recorded an album entitled "Give Praise Where Praise Is Deserved" with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and in 1988 Amampondo were asked to play at Nelson Mandela's 70th birthday concert at Wembley.This is fitting because, like Mandela, Amampondo are part of the Xhosa-speaking tribes of South Africa.They have taught and played the world over, from Israel to Japan to Scandinavia.