Thandiswa Mazwai
Acclaimed South African singer Thandiswa Mazwai talks to DJ Edu about her fourth studio album, Sankofa.
South Africa’s Thandiswa Mazwai has a distinguished 30-year career in music, first with pioneering kwaito band Bongo Maffin, and then as an award-winning solo artist. In 2004, she released her first solo album, Zabalaza, which reached double platinum status. She won a Kora award for Best African Female and four South African Music Awards. Her sound has embraced everything from traditional Xhosa rhythms and kwaito to hip-hop, R&B, ragga, funk and jazz, and she’s collaborated with the likes of Hugh Masekela, Meshell Ndegeocello, Fatoumata Diawara and DJ Black Coffee.
In May 2024, she released her long-awaited fourth studio album, Sankofa, which was recorded in Dakar, Johannesburg and New York. In this episode, she and DJ Edu have a wide ranging conversation about her new music, about politics and about healing.
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