Busi Ncube
Template:Use dmy dates Sibusiswe "Busi" Ncube (born 15 June 1963)[1] is a female mbira musician and singer from Zimbabwe, who sings in six African languages.[2] She play the guitar, mbira and percussions.[3]
She was a member of the Afro-Fusion group Ilanga; the group released three albums during the 1980s, and played during the 1988 Human Rights Now! concert.[4] She have been in the music industry for the past 34 years as a recording and performing artiste. Other than music, she is a teacher by profession and she now teaches in Norway.[3]
Busi and her Twin were Born in Bulawayo. She is a mother of two children Tendai and Angeline[5]
Ncube later recorded eight albums with a backing band, "Rain", including Malaisha and Live in Prague. Her most famous song is True Love recorded during her time with the band Ilanga.[6] The band toured Norway in 2006 and appeared at the Mela Festival.[7][8] Ncube has also contributed to another Thulani project, all-star collaboration album "Hupenyu Kumusha/Life at Home," released in 2006, which featured several notable Zimbabwean musicians, including Chiwoniso Maraire, Roger Mbambo, Adam Chisvo and Mashasha.[9] Busi currently divides her time between Harare and Oslo, where she teaches and performs.
References
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- ↑ Konta music television: Musicians from Zimbabwe Template:Webarchive. Accessed Jan. 18, 2008.
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- ↑ Music of Zimbabwe: Illanga She did some solo projects with a collective of musicians calling themselves THE CLUB. songs they did as THE CLUB are Ndaba zakho and Gondo , which had also been done by Fanyana Dube. Template:Webarchive. Accessed Jan. 18, 2009.
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Busi Ncube albums. Accessed Jan. 18, 2009.
- ↑ "Busi and Dudu thrill Harare audiences". 23/11/06. The Zimbabwean.
- ↑ The Collaboration’s Urombo - Zimbabwe Template:Webarchive. Peak People: An inside look blog. Accessed Jan. 18, 2009.
- ↑ "The Collaboration" Template:Webarchive. Accessed Jan. 18, 2009.