Nomfusi
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ZA Johannesburg – Soul / Worldmusic
Nomfusi

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Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder Take me home Album 2011
Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder Kwazibani Album 2009
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Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder New international Album Album 2016
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A gigantic voice and explosive energy Afro-soul star Nomfusi has become one of South Africa’s most sought-after export products.

With fiveteen international tours under her belt.

In 2015 she opened for Lionel Richie in Stimmen Festival Lörrach an Radio Bayern 2 braodcasted her live concert in May 2015.

Nomfusi's life story was described in Rolling Stone South Africa as "the sort of story Hollywood is bound to snap up." She was born in the township of KwaZhakele in the Eastern Cape. Her single mother, Kwazibani (“Who Knows?” in English) raised her while her father languished in jail for 21 years. A domestic worker by day, Kwazibani was a sangoma (African medicine woman) with a gift for music. Nomfusi would accompany her mother to the weekly sangoma rituals ("Intlombe") where Nomfusi would develop her musicality by dancing and singing for hours.

Nomfusi has given riveting performances across Europe and Canada at prestigious festivals such as WOMAD in England, performing with Angelique Kidjo at the Afrikadey Festival in Canada, and to an audience of more than 8000 at FMM Sines in Portugal. Nomfusi was chosen to portray the character of Miriam Makeba in the long-awaited film about the life of Nelson Mandela, "Long Walk To Freedom." The film, which was released in early 2014,is according to the Hollywood Reporter "be the largest South African production ever mounted".