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Fast Facts
- Name: Vusi Sidney Mahlasela Ka Zwane
- Born: 1965
- Genre: Folk
- Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
- Active: 1992 - present
- Albums: 6
- Label: BMG Music
- Awards: 2007 "Best Male Artist" SAMA Award
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Career
Before recording with the likes of Dave Matthews and Warren Haynes, Mahlasela had already established himself as an influential solo artist in the anti-apartheid movement.His 2003 compilation, The Voice, featured the hit track "Weeping," which Mahlasela recorded with Josh Groban and Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Four years later, he released the critically acclaimed Guiding Star. Allmusic praised the album as "Mahlasela's finest effort."
In 2008, he spoke and performed at the TED Conference.
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de cirkel = rond RT @TheCharter Paul Simon joins South African musician Vusi Mahlasela in the Charter for Compassion. http://bit.ly/2dfBC
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@advany @jeroendoensen (...) RT @TheCharter Paul Simon joins South African musician Vusi Mahlasela in #c4c #compassion http://bit.ly/2dfBC
@bregisback | November 11, 2009 06:05 PM -
@isolation That slideshow of Vusi Mahlasela took me back to '98. Very emotional ... such a positive period ...
@kreefstert | November 10, 2009 02:31 PM -
was having a lil business meeting with Ntate Vusi Mahlasela.cnt wait 4 next year:-)!
@V_Soul505 | November 10, 2009 09:39 AM -
RT @TheCharter Paul Simon joins South African musician Vusi Mahlasela in the Charter for Compassion. Vusi at TEDGlobal: http://bit.ly/2dfBC
@obitod | November 10, 2009 05:35 AM
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Guiding Star - $35.99
Vusi Mahlasela was born in 1965 and grew up in the Mamelodi township outside Pretoria, South Africa. He assembled his first guitars from discarded cooking-oil cans with wire strings, but his talent was so overwhelming that the novelist Nadi...
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Guiding Star - $9.98
Vusi Mahlasela was born in 1965 and grew up in the Mamelodi township outside Pretoria, South Africa. He assembled his first guitars from discarded cooking-oil cans with wire strings, but his talent was so overwhelming that the novelist Nadi...
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The Voice - $9.98
Those who have heard the Amandla! soundtrack will no doubt remember South African singer Vusi Mahlasela. His passionate, octave-leaping voice on "When You Come Back" sets a tone for the album, which adeptly documents the political ...
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