Schlagwort: South Africa

Noma Nkwali

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»Musician, Actress, Dancer & Entrepreneur based in Europe & Zim. It’s all about music« (facebook.com/noma.mkwananzi). »Noma Nkwali (born Nomathamsanqa Mkwananzi in Bulawayo Zimbabwe) is a Zimbabwean artist based in Germany. In 2006 Nkwali landed a role as a lead singer and dancer in the circus show ›Mother Africa‹. She went solo in 2015 and released an accapella album called ›Sithokozile‹ and is currently in the studio working on her new album.« (www.musicinafrica.net/directory/nkwali) »Meet Noma Nkwali Gagisa, our own female star musician who reminds me of that era when everyone wanted to hear Busi Ncube’s voice. Nkwali is her stage name. Once you hear her voice, you are musically enticed and glued to it. Nkwali’s real name is Nomathamsanqa Treatie Mkwananzi. She is the founder member of iYASA and is currently working with Mother Africa, a German based circus which consists of 45 artists from Zimbabwe, South Africa, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Tanzania and Kenya. This is a work of musical

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Dolus Mutombo & Bena Kwetu

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»Since 2013 Dolus Mutombo & his band have been playing music together. Bena Kwetu has currently four band members. The main instruments are being played by Tobias (Piano), Ralf (E-Bass) and Andreas (percussions) and Amuri (Guitar). The bands‘ highlights in 2016 were playing at the African Festival in Leipzig and Freudenstadt and taking part at the Karli Beben, a local suberb happening in Leipzig every three months. In 2017 the music groups name changed from Free Spirits to BENA KWETU.« (www.dolusmutombo.com/band) »Dolus was born in April, 1976 in the Congo (DRC) in a region of the equator called Boende. He grew up and went to school in Kinshasa. As his father is in the army, the family had to move around quite a lot. This is how he’s come to speak several languages including Tshiluba, Swahili, Lingala, French and English. Though his mother used to sing for him and his siblings, up until then there were no music activities going

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