Sibongile Khumalo Family Statement
28 January
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dr Sibongile Khumalo our iconic, world-celebrated South African singer, affectionately known as Ma’Mngoma (24 September – 28 January ).
Dr Sibongile Khumalo was a world-renowned jazz and opera vocalist with a career spanning over 30 years.
Born in Soweto from a musical dynasty, Khumalo was the daughter of Grace and Professor Khabi Mngoma.
Khumalo began her musical journey at the tender age of eight, and was launched into the limelight when she won the Standard Bank Young Artist Award at the Grahamstown Arts Festival in Her illustrious career saw her release several critically acclaimed and award winning albums and graced a variety of prestigious events both locally and internationally.
The First Lady of Song as termed by Nelson Mandela was a celebrated and multi-award winning musician. Throughout her career she was awarded many accolades including The Order of Ikhamanga (Silver) bestowed on her by President Thabo Mbeki. Through her music, she has always reflected the richness of her culture, wisdom, and warmth of her family, her c
Sibongile Khumalo is South Africa’s first lady of song: the most celebrated member of a musical dynasty marked by an extraordinary vocal gene-pool and passion for making music; a singer who exemplifies and crowns the rich and multi-sourced Southern African singing tradition. That Sibongile is so accomplished comes as no surprise to those who know even a little of her background.
She was born and grew up in Orlando West, the heart of Soweto with her mother, Grace, a qualified nurse and her father, Khabi Mngoma, music professor and ile’s father was a man who celebrated all the music traditions he encountered, from the ubiquitous choral to a range of indigenous music expressions, and the full gamut of western classical genres.
For the uninitiated, opera often seems removed from everyday life. But for Sibongile Khumalo, there is a close parallel between her life&#;s experiences and the operatic roles she plays.
In Africa, the opera form was introduced to the Afro-Arabian north from about , and quickly established itself as a feature of cultural life in Cairo and Alexandria. The Khedive of Egypt, Ismael Pacha (prone to grand civic gestures that often ran out of budget but got t
Sibongile Khumalo: Biography of Sibongile Khumalo, Age, Career, Albums & Net Worth,
Sibongile Khumalo (born 24 September ) is a South African opera and jazz singer. She grew up listening to and singing opera, oratorio and the classical art song, and these are genres that she still loves to interpret and perform.
Sibongile Khumalo Age
She was born on 24 September in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. Khumalo is 63 years old as of
Sibongile Khumalo Education
She has a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in music from the University of Zululand and BA Honours from University of the Witwatersrand.
In , Khumalo was honoured by Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa, by being awarded a Doctor of Music honoris causa.
She has also been awarded honorary doctorates by the University of South Africa (Doctor of Musicology Honoris Causa) and the University of Zululand (Doctor of Philosophy Honoris Causa).
Sibongile Khumalo Career
At the age of 24, she headed the music department The Federated Union of Black Arts and started performing seriously in Her first album entitled Ancient beginnings was recorded in
Khumalo made her debut appearance at the Luanda Inter
South African singer Sibongile Khumalo () was born into a dynasty of musicians. Her grandfather was a maskandi artist. This is a popular form derived from indigenous Zulu music created by migrant labourers, mostly accompanied by an acoustic guitar. Her father, Khabi Mngoma, was a classical musician, a community builder in Soweto and, ultimately, a music professor at the University of Zululand.
Undoubtedly, it was her mother, Grace Mngoma, who bestowed her with her warm mezzo-soprano/alto voice. In numeroussources, including writer and activist Es’kia Mpahlele’s memoir Down Second Avenue, Grace is mentioned as an alto soloist in productions of Handel’s Messiah that her husband Khabi organised and hosted in Soweto and Johannesburg as far back as the late s.
Sibongile’s brother Lindumuzi, part of the Ionian Male Choir, plays the cello; her niece Sibongile Mngoma is a versatile jazz and opera artist. Her son is a violinist, while her daughter sings. Outside the family circle, Sibongile’s earliest choral encounters were in Emily Motsieloa’s Tiny Tots children’s choir.
Notably, then, hers was a talent also nurtured by women musicians at a time when this was unthinkable in ap
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