Thandiswa Mazwai is a
multi-award winning South African musician and is also the lead vocalist and
songwriter of Bongo Maffin, a South African Kwaito music group. Thandiswa was
born on 31st March 1976. She grew up almost entirely in Soweto,
Johannesburg, South Africa. Both her parents were journalists and
anti-apartheid political activists.
Thandiswa attended
Witwatersrand University where she studied English literature and International
Relations.
After five albums with
Bongo Maffin she ventured onto a solo career. Her first project, Zabalaza
(2004), reached double platinum status and won numerous awards, including a
Kora award for Best African Female and four South African Music Awards
including Best Album. 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 in 2011.
Thandiswa Mazwai
Thandiswa Mazwai
Thandiswa Mazwai
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