Madala Kunene was born in Cato Manor, Durban in 1951. He is Record producer, Musician, Singer, Guitarist commonly referred as the King of Zulu guitar. He began his musical career at the age of seven. Making his first guitar out of a cooking oil tin and fish gut for strings, he soon became a popular … Read more
Contents 1 Family History 2 The Beginning 3 Member of YGB 4 Solo Artist and Businessman Family History John Paul Dunn, named after the Great John Dunn of Mangethe, Zululand is a musician who has lived in Mariannridge all his life. John Dunn is the son of the late Mary Anne Pacifica Dunn and the late … Read more
Personal History Golden Khanny, a thirty one year old musician from the Ghetto section of Mariannridge is a vocalist for the hip hop group called YGB. Golden is a Christian and also sings in the praise and worship team in his church, Assemblies of God. Golden has two siblings and was raised by his grandmother … Read more
About two years ago a friend of mine played the most fantastic recording of a 1950s South African jazz band, and it was unlike any African music I’d ever heard! He told me that he’d got it off the internet, but not having a clue how to download music I didn’t pay much attention to … Read more
Ulwazi receives countless emails every month from people wanting to know the meaning of their dreams, but when Joseph Shabalala started having dreams about music, he knew exactly what the dreams meant and what he was supposed to do! Joseph formed the now famous Ladysmith Black Mambazo in the early 1950s, and by the mid … Read more
There was a story on the radio recently that related to the calabash fruit, and how it can be used as a musical instrument for calling the ancestors. Unfortunately there’s very little information online regarding this ancestral link, but nonetheless it’s still a very interesting fruit and one that has special significance in KZN. The … Read more