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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- South Africa
- Active from
- 1947-10-28
- Active to
- 2010-06-15
mbaqanga
Discography
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Busi Mhlongo, born 1947 as Victoria Busisiwe Mhlongo, is originally from Inanda in Natal, South Africa. She is a virtuoso singer, dancer and composer whose music is often noted for defying categorization. Drawing on various South African styles such as mbaqanga, maskanda, marabi and traditional Zulu, fused with contemporary elements from jazz, funk, rock, gospel, rap, opera, reggae and West African music, she produces a fresh and exciting sound uniquely her own. <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Inanda
- Place of death
- Durban
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- Zulu
- Field of work
- music composing
- Instrument
- voice
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- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1947-10-28
- date of death
- 2010-06-15
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
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