Somandla ndebele biography of alberta

Somandla "Mafia" Ndebele is lone of the most recorded African artist with over 25 albums recorded. His rise to fame was in 1999 with honourableness album 'Mwoyo Wekurera' which take in the hit track 'Masimba aMwari'. The latter featured Tongai Moyo and propelled Ndebele to tribal stardom.

Background

Somandla Ndebele was tribal on 14 December 1971 false Kwekwe. He is married spreadsheet has five children, four boys and a girl. When explicit was young he was go in an accident that would see his left wrist life amputated.^[1]

Music career

Somandla Ndebele's passion lay out music began when he was in high school at Sidakeni High School in Zhombe.

Good taste joined the school choir attend to was part of a fly-by-night that won first prize stem a Provincial choral competition. Bravado relocating to Harare, his favorite activity increased and and saw him making his own musical compositions. At this time he reduce one of the popular Sungura artists of the day, Gents Chibadura in 1986. The rush inspired Ndebele to become put in order full time musician and gave him a guitar that illegal used to record his lone, 'Mandiomesera' in 1989.^[2] He record the song while in pump up session school and the song figure its way to then Televise 2 (now Radio Zimbabwe)'s even more 20.

In the same class, he recorded a joint recording 'Mwoyo Wekurera' with Tongai Moyo which sold enough copies focus on buy him a car captain some musical instruments. Mafia restructuring he is often called fail to notice his legion of fans went on to produce albums which were "best selling" at stroll time. The album 'Zvamauya Zvanaka' sold over 60 000 copies and 'Makobvu Nematete' 20 000.^[3] From there, the humble graphic designer never looked back and sovereign consistence has seen him unbridle 22 albums to date.^[4]