Thandiswa mazwai wife
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Thandiswa Mazwai is hot news in South Africa and beyond. Striking and sassy, her career came to the national limelight around 1996. The immensely popular singer shot to fame as the hip member of the equally popular Bongo Maffin. This was one of South Africa’s hardest Kwaito bands.
Quick profile
- Thandiswa Mazwai age: 43
- Daughter: Malika, 18 years old
- Mother: Belede
- Daddy: Thami Mazwai
- Siblings: Nomsa and Ntsiki
- Jack-knife, Bongo Maffin, Solo career
Today, Thandiswa ranks among the most influential female musicians on the nation’s scene with a huge Instagram following. Her lyrical compositions include Kwaito, Mbaqanga, traditional Xhosa rhythms, reggae, funk, and jazz. Mazwai straddles the rural and urban, effortlessly blending the modern with the traditional.
Thandiswa Mazwai siblings
She is a sister to Nomsa Mazwai with whom they have a healthy sibling rivalry. She also goes by the name Thandiswa Mazwai Belede, in honour of her mother Belede who passed away at the age of 38. She is also a sister to the poet Ntsiki Mazwai, who is an author, social activist, produc
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Thandiswa Mazwayi
Musical artistTempolete:SHORTDESC:Musical artist
Thandiswa Nuameka Mazwai ke moopedi wa Aforika Borwa gape ke moopedi le mokwadi wa Bongo Mafin. O itsege gape ele King Tha.[1] Ka porpjeke ya gagwe ya Zabalaza (2004), e e fitlheletseng platinum tse pedi gape a thopelwa mpho ya Planet mo seromamoweng sa BBC sa boraro.[2]
Simolong sa botshelo
[fetola | Fetola Motswedi]Thandiswa Mazwayi o hlahile 31 Hlakubele 1976 Eastern Cape selemo sa 1976 Soweto Uprising, o godile Soweto , gauteng, nakong dintwa tsa Apartheid ne ile boiema. Basadi ba gae Belede and Thami Mazwai, ne ba le mmegi a dikgang le mapolotiki. Wa gopola a gola le dibuka, mokwalo le dipuisano tsa dipolotiki ko gae. E ne e le bokapele bona bo mo fele seiponi sa gae. O ile a ya Wits University , o ila a bala English literature le International Relations. Tiro e khothatile ke mme wa ga ge (mme wa gae o ile a kgokofala a na le dilemo a leshometlhano) le mekwalo la Steve Biko le Frantz Fanon, Chinua Achebe le Kwame Nkrumah.
Tiro
[fetola | Fetola Motswedi]Jack-Knife
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Thandiswa Mazwai
Thandiswa was born in 1976 and grew up in Soweto, Johannesburg. Both her parents were journalists and anti-apartheid activists. She began her career in 1998 with pioneering kwaito bands Bongo Maffin and soon became recognized as the voice of South Africa’s conscious youth.
After five albums with Bongo Maffin she ventured onto a solo career with, Zabalaza (2004), which reached double platinum status and won numerous awards, including a Kora award for Best African Female and four Samas, including Best Album. It was also nominated for the BBC Radio 3 Planet awards. Her second album, Ibokwe (2009), reached gold status in the first few weeks of its release and her live DVD, Dance of the Forgotten Free (2010), won Best Female Artist and Best Live DVD at the 2011 Samas. Her music is often deeply political and includes traditional rhythms, mbaqanga, reggae, kwaito and funk and jazz sounds. Thandiswa has performed all over the world, including the 2010 FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony, The Apollo in New York, WOMEX, the Cannes Film Festival, Midem, FESPACO Film Festival
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