South African singer-songwriter Bongeziwe Mabandla is set to release his new album iimini on March 27. Mabandla sings in Xhosa and his music is rooted in South African traditions as well as American soul.
Mabandla says about the new release: “The album “iimini” starts off with meeting someone and how feelings evolve to love, and then the pain and heartache of being with someone. The last songs are about the end of relationship and the cutting of ties, and basically the separation of people who used to be incomplete without each other. iimini is about time, and how things eventually unfold. Time can change so much.”
Mabandla grew up in Tsolo, a rural part of South Africa’s Eastern Cape, and later moved to study acting in Johannesburg.
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