Umbhali, umqondisi kanye nomdidiyeli womdanso, owazalelwa e-Chesterville, eThekwini ngo-1943. U-Welcome Themba Msomi waqala ukubhala eneminyaka engu-15.
Wasungula iZulu Dance Theatre and Music, eyasungulwa ngo-1965 eThekwini, eNingizimu Afrika. Ngo-1979 uMsomi wasungula ukunwetshwa kwe-Theatre in New York City.
Imisebenzi yakhe eminingi ifaka phakathi i- “Mntanami Nomhlangano mntanami”, “Qondeni”, “Charrie Ntimbane”, imidlalo eyenziwa eNingizimu Afrika naseSwazini; “Phezulu”, umculo nomdanso we-International Youth Festival e-Aberdeen, e-Scotland; “Black and White is beautiful“, uhambo olwalujukeleza e-Europe; “UMakhoba noThembi“, umdlalo wesikrini okhuthazwe ngu-Carl Foreman.
Impumelelo kaMsomi eyaba inqayizivele, i- “UMabatha” (a Zulu adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth) eyadlalwa e-Aldwych ngo-1972 nango-1973 e-Sir Peter Daubeny’s World Theatre Season, yaba sezingeni eliphezulu.
UMsomi ubhale futhi walingisa emidlalweni yomsakazo; wabamba uhlelo lwakhe lomsakazo; waqopha futhi wakhiqiza izingoma zayo yonke imiculo yakhe ngaphansi kwelebuli yakhe yokuqopha ehambisana ne-EMI-South Africa.
Ube umqondisi we- “Buya Africa”, i-one-woman production esebenzisana noThuli Dumakude. Wabuye wenza umculo nokunyakaza we- “Tamburlaine the Great“, umkhiqizo we-Royal Shakespeare Company. Waba ngusihlalo we-Welcome Msomi Gateway Communications. Wathola ukuhlonishwa okukhulu ngokubandakanyeka ekugubheni usuku lokuzalwa luka-Nelson Mandela lweminyaka engu-75, 77, 78 kanye no-80. Wedlule emhlabeni ngoJulayi 2020, eneminyaka engu-76.
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