Mandoza

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Mduduzi Edmund Tshabalala (born January 19, 1978 in Soweto , South Africa ; † September 18, 2016 in Johannesburg ), known under the stage name Mandoza , was one of the best-known representatives of South African Kwaito music. He had his musical breakthrough in 2000 with the album Nkalakatha , which achieved multi-platinum status in South Africa and whose title track of the same name topped the charts.

In 2001 he won the South African Music Awards in the Song of the Year and Best Kwaito Album categories and the Kora All Africa Music Award in the Best Artist - Southern Africa category .

Mandoza had had a brain tumor since 2015 . On September 10, 2016 he gave his last concert at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto. Six days later he died in a Johannesburg hospital. He left behind his wife and three sons. Mandoza was buried in West Park Cemetery in Johannesburg.

Albums

  • 1999: 9II5 Zola South
  • 2000: Nkalakatha
  • 2000: Nkalakatha (The Boss Remixes)
  • 2001: It's All Right (with Tokollo and Kabelo)
  • 2002: Godoba
  • 2003: tornado
  • 2004: S'gelekeqe
  • 2004: Same Difference (with Danny K)
  • 2005: Phunyuka Bamphethe
  • 2006: Ngwalabesi
  • 2007: Champion
  • 2008: Ingwenya
  • 2010: Real Deal
  • 2011: So Fresh
  • 2013: Sgantsontso

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Truth about Mandoza ( Memento of August 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), report on NewZimbwabwe.com of December 4, 2009, accessed on August 29, 2016
  2. ↑ Musician biography on music.org.za, accessed on August 29, 2016
  3. ^ Obituary at studentspaza.co.za from September 18, 2016 (English), accessed on September 18, 2016
  4. ↑ Who was Mandoza? Lesotho Times, September 23, 2016, accessed September 23, 2016
  5. ↑ Mandoza: A tribute to the legend gone too soon. channel24.co.za from September 18, 2016 (English), accessed on September 18, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Mandoza
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tshabalala, Mduduzi Edmund (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African musician
DATE OF BIRTH 19th January 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Soweto , South Africa
DATE OF DEATH 18th September 2016
Place of death Johannesburg