Steve Kekana

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Steve Kekana (born August 4, 1958 in Zebediela, Transvaal , † July 1, 2021 ) was a South African singer and songwriter .

biography

Steve Kekana was born in Zebediela (Sibitiela), a commune made up of several villages. It now belongs to the South African province of Limpopo . He went blind at the age of five and attended a school for the blind in Pietersburg . During this time he discovered his singing talent and became a member of several musical groups. In 1979 and 1980 he won the SABC Black Music Award in the Best Male Vocalist category . His single Raising My Family , released in 1980, achieved top 10 placements in several European countries. Kekana has been involved in more than 40 albums and received the SAMA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018 .

Steve Kekana graduated with a Bachelor of Laws and worked not only as a musician but also as a lawyer at the High Court of South Africa and a lecturer in labor law at the University of South Africa .

In 2020 he received an honorary doctorate in philosophy from the University of South Africa .

He died on July 1, 2021 of complications from COVID-19 .

Discography

Albums

  • 1977: Steve Kekana
  • 1979: Nomsa Ntombi Yami
  • 1979: Mokhotse Oa Hao
  • 1980: Umenziwa Akakhohlwa
  • 1980: Iphupho
  • 1981: Raising My Family
  • 1981: Usiko Lwabe Suthu
  • 1982: Feel So Strong (with Hotline & PJ Powers)
  • 1982: No Going Back
  • 1982: Ifuqe Mntanami (Push)
  • 1982: Hare Khumameng
  • 1982: Amanda Amasha
  • 1983: Alone In the Desert
  • 1984: Yinhle Lento
  • 1985: Third Time Lucky
  • 1986: Love Triangle
  • 1986: Ngiyadlisa
  • 1987: Bulldozer
  • 1987: Sebabatso
  • 1988: Makhombo
  • 1988: I Shall Be Released
  • 1989: Faith Love and Respect
  • 1996: Usafira

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
AT AT CH CH
1980 Raising my family AT3 (12 weeks)
AT 		CH7 (5 weeks)
CH
First published: 1980
chart entry in Austria in 1982 and in Switzerland in 1983

More singles

  • 1978: Mamsy / Bolova
  • 1978: Rosemary / Sweet Jane
  • 1978: Themba
  • 1979: Ntombi Yami (Nomsa)
  • 1979: Aka Zenzanga (U Mary) / Uqhoka Amasudi
  • 1979: Mosadi / Mamoroti
  • 1979: Mama Kalindiwe / Ungabo M'Shaya Umfazi
  • 1980: Iphupho
  • 1980: Let It Be
  • 1981: Color Me Black
  • 1981: Mama Katuli / Ntombifuthi
  • 1981: Mandoa / Umqabanisi
  • 1981: Usiko Lwabe Suthu
  • 1981: Kodua Ea Maseru
  • 1982: Beat Hard Young Man / Living Underground
  • 1982: Feel So Strong / Emagaraji (with Hotline & PJ Powers)
  • 1982: Sounds Of Africa
  • 1982: Bushman / Back In the City
  • 1983: Watching You
  • 1983: Night Boot Patrol
  • 1983: African Power
  • 1983: Raising My Family / Abracadabra (with Steve Miller Band )
  • 1984: I Just Wanna Sing
  • 1985: Paradise (Tip of Africa) / (All I Need Is Here) In Africa
  • 1986: Rock Me Baby
  • 1988: I Shall Be Released
  • 1988: So Mean So Bad / Never Say You're Sorry
  • 1989: Marching
  • 1990: Never Never / Celofan City (with Steve Folgbert)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Steve Kekana to receive SAMA24 lifetime achievement award , ewn.co.za, May 27, 2018
  2. ↑ Advocate Steve Kekana Takes Over the Reins at JHB Society for the Blind , ngopulse.org, 5 September, 2013
  3. ↑ South African musician Steve Kekana has died , news24.com, July 1, 2021: “Legendary South African musician Steve Kekana has died. He was 62. In 2020, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in Philosophy by the University of South Africa. "
  4. ↑ Breaking: Legendary musician Steve Kekana has died. In: sowetanlive.co.za. July 1, 2021, accessed July 1, 2021 .
  5. ↑ Chart sources: AT CH

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personal data
SURNAME Kekana, Steve
SHORT DESCRIPTION South African singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Zebediela, Transvaal
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 2021