Praise for Bongeziwe’s ukuthanda wena continues
ukuthanda wena, has garnered prestigious playlisting most notably Spotify’s “Made in Africa” playlist and Apple Music “Essentials”. The single was also featured in The Voice, the UK’s only black national newspaper. The publication praised Mabandla’s unique sound, and aptly headlined the article “Bongeziwe Mabandla is ‘loving you’” – read the full article here. You can […]
Bongeziwe Mabandla releases atmospheric new single ‘ukuthanda wena’
The latest single from Bongeziwe Mabandla, ‘ukuthanda wena’ LISTEN, delivers a universal message of what it feels like to feel spurned in love, through an atmospheric song that’s hard to shake. In what he describes as a song about “heartache and the dark side of love”, ‘ukuthanda wena’ takes its creative impulse from a time […]
Listen to Bongeziwe Mabandla’s beautiful new single “Noba Bangathini” today!
Being imperfect and in love and loving an imperfect person is the subject of a beautiful new single from Bongeziwe Mabandla that is available to listen to now on all streaming platforms. Titled “Noba Bangathini”, the single from the multi-award winning South African artist sees Mabandla lyrically exploring an aspect of love that many of […]
Bongeziwe Mabandla explores love’s imperfections on new single “Noba Bangathini”
This January sees the release of “Noba Bangathini”, the first single off Bongeziwe Mabandla’s upcoming album. A song about being imperfect and in love and loving an imperfect person, the much-anticipated new music from the multi-award winning South African artist sees Mabandla exploring love’s frontiers in moving depth. “Noba Bangathini” also signals the onset of […]
Bongeziwe Mabandla and Blick Bassy come together for sublime live collaboration
Two of Africa’s most important artists are joining creative minds to deliver what is likely to be one of the most exceptional live music experiences of the year. South Africa’s Bongeziwe Mabandla and Blick Bassy will come together for the first time on September 23rd at The People’s Theatre in Johannesburg for an hour-long performance […]
Bongeziwe Mabandla and Blick Bassy collaborate for intimate evening at The People’s Theatre
Award-winning artists, Bongeziwe Mabandla from South Africa, and Blick Bassy from Cameroon, are joining creative minds to bring music fans a new perspective on their latest work. Together with Tiago Correia-Paulo and Arno de Casanove, their musical collaborators, they are developing an hour performance of songs from their respective albums iimini and 1958 – creating […]
Celebrating 10 years since the release of Bongeziwe Mabandla’s debut, Umlilo
Like so many of his fans throughout the world, we are pausing to take a moment and celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Bongeziwe Mabandla’s debut album, Umlilo. Produced by Paolo Chibanga (of 340ml and Tumi And The Volume), who had long seen Bongeziwe’s artistic gifts, and released through Sony in 2012, the 12-track album gave […]
Bongeziwe Mabandla joins heavyweight lineup at Berlin-based African Book Festival 2022
Bongeziwe Mabandla has joined the African Book Festival 2022 taking place at the Nåpoleon Komplex, Berlin from August 26-28. This year’s programme has been curated by Johannesburg-based Lidudumalingani who is a longtime creative collaborator of Bongeziwe’s. The writer, filmmaker, and photographer has worked on several projects with Bongeziwe, including shooting the cover for his award-winning […]
Bongeziwe takes off for a very special, intimate EU tour
Fresh from a series of sold-out shows in South Africa, Bongeziwe Mabandla is headed out again – this time for a very special European tour. Known for staging small, intimate concerts in unusual venues, the musical travel company STIMMEN on Tour is featuring Bongeziwe in its early July offering “Voices on Tour” that also includes […]
South Africa Represents at Sakifo Festival 2022
Check out this gallery of photos capturing the fantastic array of South African artists performing at this year’s event on Réunion Island – and make a plan to get there in 2023! BCUC and Stogie T by Mikhael Thuillier BLK JKS, Bongeziwe Mabandla and Radio Sechaba photos by Guillaume Belaud