This chapter profiles ngoma masculinity as it is represented in a key aesthetic value, isigqi (power). It explains the structure of ngoma performances and key stylistic principles, relating the practice to the expression and cultivation of responsible manhood. Biographies of practitioners reveal migrant laborers caught up in the politics of ethnic nationalism of the late apartheid era and in the stresses of a diminishing labor market. While the ngoma body-voice summarizes this history of work, it is not only about commentary. Sensory immersion in the experience of performing offers the possibility of trying on changing ideas about masculinity. The chapter...