is a Gospel recording artist based
in Pretoria South Africa,grew up in the small town of Mafikeng where She was
always exposed to music as a young girl.The youngest of three children ,she has
always loved expressing herself through music .From singing at family
gatherings to eventually singing in a church choir.She realised the call of God
upon her life when she resigned from her fulltime job at Statistics SA to pursue
her dream and call in the music ministry.At age 19 she was discovered by A
producer and sound engineer by the name of Freddy Malesa who trained her in
studio recording and gave her the opportunity to grow and learn how to write
her own songs.This encounter resulted in a demo recording and one of the songs
landed her a song writing award where she was selected as one of the top 20
songwriters in the Country of South Africa in a song writing competition.she’s
a passionate song writer who is inspired by writing songs in south African
languages.
She started working on her album in 2012
with a producer by the name of Hussein Olumide of Luminous Records and
entertainment who oversaw the production of the entire project, and together
with the help of amazing producers like
Engineer David Mutanda who was instrumental in also interpreting some of the
tracks on the on the album .Kaygizm Soul of the Hip hop soul group Morafe was
responsible for the direction of the music of some of the songs in the album.
She released a single on itunes titled “A
re mmokengJeso” which has currently been
doing well and has also been downloaded by her followers on different cell
phone networks.Her music is a cut
between contemporary jazzy sounds ,anointed lyrics and melodies,it comes with
the power of the Gospel she preaches.Its gospel music that is fresh and
although South African can stand on any world stage.
She started working on her debut album after being
featured on a couple of music projects.The album titled
TESTIMONY is due for release May 17 2014.The album has 10 tracks with a mix of
different sounds and styles of music.Its a refreshing mixture and
representation of a new sound of worship arising from Africa.
She is also the founder of NON PROFIT ORGANISATION by the name of
Tabitha Foundation which is aimed at supporting orphans,street children and the
needy.This is something v ery close to her heart as she believes we are all
responsible for making a change.she is very passionate about her community and
is determined to make a contribution and leave a lasting legacy.
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