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South African musician

Musical artist

Thandiswa Nyameka Mazwai (born 31 March 1976)^[2] is a- South Africanmusician, and is also high-mindedness lead vocalist and songwriter of Tympan Maffin. She is also known primate King Tha.^[3]

Her debut album Zabalaza (released in 2004), which attained double pt status and her album also got nominated for Planet Awards on BBC Radio 3.^[4] Also in 2004, she won Best Female Artist at rank Metro FM Music Awards.^[5]

Her second release, Ibokwe, released in 2009, was qualified gold status within a few weeks after its release.^[4]

Early life

Thandiswa Mazwai was born in Eastern Cape in 1976 – the year of the Metropolis Uprising – and grew up about entirely in Soweto, Johannesburg, amidst honourableness heavy apartheid township violence of loftiness 1980s. Both her parents, Belede innermost Thami Mazwai,^[6] were journalists and anti-apartheid political activists, and she recollects make certain her home was filled with books, articles and thick with political discussions. It was this environment that ormed her perspective as an artist. She went on to attend Wits Establishing, where she studied English Literature prosperous International Relations. Her work has every time been inspired by her mother (who died when Thandiswa was 15 maturity old) and the writings of exercises such as Steve Biko and Frantz Fanon, Chinua Achebe and Kwame Nkrumah.

Family

She is a sister to Nomsa Mazwai, with whom they have simple healthy sibling rivalry. She also goes by the name Thandiswa Mazwai Belede, in honour of her mother Belede, who died at the age interrupt 34 in 1992. She is further a sister to the poet Ntsiki Mazwai, who is an author, popular activist, producer, and blogger.^[7]

Career

Jack-Knife

Thandiswa was splendid member of Jack-Knife,^[8] with Kimon Politico and Themba Smuts. The trio was regarded as pioneers of the kwaito movement, and their songs like "Fester" and "Chommie" were club hits.

Early years and Bongo Maffin

Thandiswa's first venture to get noticed occurred at rendering Shell Road to Fame talent present but Thandiswa did not even mark it to the semi-finals round. She did, however, catch the eye appreciate musician and producer Don Laka, who arranged to include her in topping project he was working on. She also began her career in 1998 with Bongo Maffin, one of high-mindedness pioneering bands of Kwaito. She became widely recognised as the voice apparent South Africa's conscious youth, their compositions consistently combining dance floor favourites trappings thought-provoking lyrics. They were invited differentiate perform all over the world, submit shared the stage with musical icons Stevie Wonder, the Marley clan, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Chaka Khan, Sean Missioner, Steel Pulse and Skunk Anansie, amidst others. Their contribution to the Southerly African musical cannon earned Bongo Maffin numerous awards, among them the Southerly African Music Awards (SAMAs), the Kora All Africa Music Awards, and magnanimity Metro FM Music Awards.^[9]

Going solo: Thandiswa

After five albums with Bongo Maffin, Thandiswa ventured onto a solo career. Cause first project, Zabalaza (2004), reached coupled platinum status and won numerous laurels, including a Kora award for Finest African Female and four South Someone Music Awards, including Best Album. Image was also nominated for the BBC Radio 3 Planet awards. Her more album, Ibokwe (2009), reached gold consequence in the first few weeks designate its release and her live DVD, Dance of the Forgotten Free (2010), won Best Female Artist and Outdistance Live DVD in 2011. The Guardian has called her "South Africa's definitive female contemporary singer."^[10]

Her music is many times deeply political and her compositions encompass traditional Xhosa rhythms, Mbaqanga, reggae, kwaito and funk and jazz sounds.

Thandiswa has performed all over the terra at venues, including at the 2010 FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony, Magnanimity Apollo in New York, WOMEX, justness Cannes Film Festival, Midem, the Taxi Empire, Africa Brazil Festival, FESPACO Peel Festival, BBC World Music Awards promote many Mandela46664 concerts. She has a handful noteworthy collaborations. Among other collaborations, she sang in Xhosa with the Strange character musician Meshell Ndegeocello on the albums The World Has Made Me interpretation Man of My Dreams (2007, timetabled for a Grammy), and The Omnichord Real Book (2023). At home overfull South Africa, Thandiswa has collaborated brains illustrious musicians including Hugh Masekela, Stimela, the late Busi Mhlongo. Together major the rock band BLK JKS, Thandiswa performed as 'King Tha' vs. BLK JKS at the 2017 Afropunk Party Johannesburg.^[11]

In July 2012 she duetted be in connection with Paul Simon in Hyde Park, Author, in his Graceland album's 25th outing concert. She sang the female vocals on "Under African Skies", which was originally sung by Linda Ronstadt renovate the Graceland album.

She is encyclopaedia ambassador for 46664 and an intermediary for the Eastern Cape Province, Southward Africa.

In early May 2022, Mazwai was featured by Spotify on Freedom Sounds: From Kwaito to Amapiano documentary.^[12]

Discography

• Sankofa (2024) - Universal Music Group
• Belede (2016) - Universal Music Group
• Dance of decency Forgotten Free (2010) – Live CD: Gallo Records
• Ibokwe (2009): Gallo Records
• Zabalaza (2004): Gallo Records

Bongo Maffin

• From Bongo With Love (2019): Universal Music Group
• New Construction (2005): Gallo Records – Gold Sales
• Bongolution (2001): Sony BMG – Double Platinum Sales
• The Concerto (1998): Sony BMG – Multi Platinum Sales
• Final Entry (1997): EMI
• Leaders disrespect D’Gong (1996): EMI

Awards and nominations

Thandiswa

Bongo Maffin

References

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