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Naidu-Hoffmeester, R. Unisa honours the love story of Letta Mbulu and Caiphus Semenya. Unisa Online News media. January 13, The Color Purple. They did that free of charge. Our idea with Letta was to create such an environment where interaction between young and established musicians exists," he says. If it was not for Bra Dan, I would have died working on the farms.
My biggest wish is to see the first child graduating and after that God you can take me. The soft-spoken musician, who was born in Alexandra, northern Johannesburg and also grew up in Benoni, credits his youngish look to healthy eating.
Like all musicians, Bra Katse, as he is affectionately known, lived recklessly during his youth, partying hard, smoking and living an unhealthy lifestyle. But when he turned 60 years, he adopted a strictly healthy lifestyle without compromise. He stopped smoking, stopped drinking beer and began eating lots of vegetables and fruits, drank black tea and ate fish. But one day it had to stop when Letta complained about my lifestyle. When I turned 60 I remembered that when we were growing up we ate vegetables and fruits because my father was selling them.
Switching back to his successful music career, Semenya started singing professionally in the s. He later became a member of the King Kong musical which toured internationally from to the early s. In , he joined the cast of the musical drama Sponono. When he returned from exile living in Los Angeles, he wrote and produced hits which are still making SA dance.
Did you know that Semenya was the organizer of the Swahili chant on the Micheal Jackson's song Liberian girl? The song would go on to be a smashing hit. Another of Semenya's many career highlights would come when he got the opportunity to work with the renowned music producer Quincy Jones. That helped him produce a soundtrack for the TV mini-series,. Roots was an incredibly successful TV production that would go ahead to scoop nine Emmy awards.
Semenya won an Emmy award for his contribution in helping create the Roots soundtrack. An exciting biography of Samthing Soweto you need to know. In most traditional African folklore, stories of great heroes as well as love stories and life lessons were passed down from one generation to another through stories and songs. Caiphus Semenya is proud to be African because he was willing to return home after apartheid despite a successful career in the US.
It only fits that he should duly receive well-deserved recognition for his inspiring lifetime achievements. He should also be feted for a job well done representing Africa on the world stage, especially during his year self imposed exile. Here are the top ranking Tshego albums and Songs.
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