Nomfusi

Nomfusi, Making her stage debut in August 2008, Nomfusi has achieved more in two years than many artists in a lifetime. She has appeared with symphony orchestras, performed for Hollywood stars, done five international tours, opened for K’Naan and Freshlyground, been nominated for two Metro FM Awards, played for thousands of soccer fans, done twenty-three live TV appearances and featured in more than fifty publications!

Nomfusi (23) is a budding Afro-soul superstar from Khayelitsha that is causing an explosion in the South African media and live music circuit. With an incredibly powerful voice, rare physical beauty and electrifying stage presence, Nomfusi is ready to take on the world with her 6-piece township band.

Her music has a distinctive African flavour fused with 60’s rock, motown, R & B and gospel. Siphokazi and the late Miriam Makeba, as well as Western songwriters like Robin Thicke and Mary J. Blige inform the style of her songwriting, while she has the vocal ability and stage persona of power house singers like Whitney Houston and Tina Turner. Her lyrics are soulful, strong and outspoken, written in the language of her people. With a voice and a personality that transcend borders, she is guaranteed to attract world wide appeal.

She was born in the township of KwaZhakele in Port Elizabeth. Her loving mother raised Nomfusi and her two siblings without a husband, as he spent 21 years in prison, only to be released in 2007. Kwazibani (which means “Who knows?”) worked as a domestic, but was also a musically gifted sangoma (medicine woman). There was only enough for food, but Kwazibani even took it upon her to look after kids that were not her own.