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Tag: South Africa

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Artist Profiles: Vusi Mahlasela

Angel Romero January 12, 2019 No Comments South AfricaSouth African musicVusi Mahlasela

Vusi Sidney Mahlasela Ka Zwane was born in 1965 in Lady Selbourne, near Pretoria, and grew up in Mamelodi township, where he still resides. Vusi…

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Artist Profiles: Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Angel Romero January 10, 2019 No Comments Ladysmith Black MambazoSouth AfricaSouth African music

Headed by charismatic founder/composer Joseph Shabalala, Ladysmith Black Mambazo is Africa’s number one selling recording group. The name of the group comes from the city…

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Artist Profiles: Lucky Dube

Angel Romero January 10, 2019 No Comments Lucky DubeReggaeSouth Africa

While successful reggae artists have traditionally hailed from the Island of Jamaica, over the decades of the 1980s and 1990s South African native Lucky Dube…

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Artist Profiles: Juluka

Angel Romero January 9, 2019 No Comments Johnny CleggJulukaSouth AfricaSouth African music

Juluka was a trailblazing band based in Johannesburg, South Africa, led by Johnny Clegg and Sipho Mchunu. The band formed in the early 1970s and…

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Artist Profiles: Johnny Clegg

Angel Romero January 9, 2019 No Comments Johnny CleggJulukaSouth AfricaSouth African music

Johnny Clegg, born in Rochdale, England in 1953 was raised in his mother’s native land of Zimbabwe before emigrating to South Africa at the age…

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Artist Profiles: Abdullah Ibrahim

Angel Romero January 7, 2019 No Comments Abdullah IbrahimSouth AfricaSouth African music

Some knew him as Dollar Brand, others by his adopted moniker of Abdullah Ibrahim, which he began using in the late 1960s after his conversion…

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Artist Profiles: Dizu Zungulu Plaatjies

Angel Romero January 6, 2019 No Comments AmampondoDizu Zungulu PlaatjiesSouth AfricaSouth African music

The son of an African herbalist, vocalist, percussionist and dancer Dizu Zungulu Plaatjies was born on 5 February 1957. His parents called him Zungulu, ‘the…

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Artist Profiles: Mzwandile Qotoyi

Angel Romero January 6, 2019 No Comments AmampondoMzwandile QotoyiSouth AfricaSouth African music

Mzwandile Qotoyi – Bass & piccolo marimba, African drums, percussion, vocals, and dance. Born on 12 November 1951, in Langa, multi-instrumentalist Mzwandile Qotoyi is known…

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Artist Profiles: Simpiwe Matole

Angel Romero January 6, 2019 No Comments AmampondoSimpiwe MatoleSouth AfricaSouth African music

Simpiwe Matole – Soprano marimba, vocals, dance/acrobatics. Born on 29 May 1963, Simpiwe Matole is the only boy in a family of daughters and was…

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Artist Profiles: Michael ‘Nkululeku’ Ludonga

Angel Romero January 6, 2019 No Comments Michael 'Nkululeku' LudongaSouth AfricaSouth African music

Michael ‘Nkululeku’ Ludonga – African drums, tenor marimba, vocals, dance. Born on 15 November 1962, in Langa, drummer and marimba player Michael ‘Nkululeku’ Ludonga was…

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