Caiphus Semenya
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Formerly self-exiled from South Africa in the 1960s, Caiphus Semenya has built a solid reputation as a musical director and composer, working with his wife, vocalist Letta Mbulu, as well as with a variety of other exiled and semi-exiled African artists, such as Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba. Moving to Los Angeles, Semenya found himself working with and composing for a broad range of jazz and pop artists, including Lou Rawls, Nina Simone and Cannonball Adderley, his facility with both jazz and
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Johannesburg
- Spouse
- Letta Mbulu
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
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- date of birth
- 1941-06-21
- social media followers
- 5010
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Score
- number of viewers/listeners
- 7147279
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