Bongeziwe Mabandla
Bongeziwe Mabandla is a South African singer and musician. He has created a… Read Full Bio ↴Bongeziwe Mabandla is a South African singer and musician. He has created a matchless Afro-folk sound over which his soulful voice delivers in both Xhosa and English. Influenced by artists like Tracy Chapman, Simphiwe Dana, Jabu Khanyile and Oliver Mtukudzi, his sound has a rhythmically grass-roots vibe, while fusing elements of traditional Xhosa music, Mbaqanga, Soul, Hip-hop and Dub.
Bongeziwe has performed some of the biggest festivals in South Africa including Cape Town World Music Festival, Oppikoppi and Rocking the Daisies, as well as Sakifo Festival in Reunion and Azgo Festival in Mozambique. His debut album Umlilo, received two nominations at the South African Music Awards 2013, for Best Newcomer and Best Adult African album categories.
2014 was been a big year for Bongeziwe Mabandla with his perfect blend of urban-African folk, heartfelt lyrics and honest delivery, seeing him take to the stage in Australia at the Australasian Worldwide Music Expo and the Mullumbimby Music Festival, Germany at Africa Festival, in Paris at Festival d’lle de France, at the renowned Primavera Sound Festival in Spain, at Sukiyaki Meets the World Festival in Japan. He took part in the One Beat program in the USA, an incubator for music-based social entrepreneurship where innovative musicians from around the world launch collaborative projects designed to make a positive impact on local and global communities. At home in South Africa he has collaborated with Joss Stone and Vieux Farka Toure on their South African tours.
2015 saw Bongeziwe play extensive run of shows across the globe; including a headline spot at Bushfire Festival in Swaziland, a comprehensive Canadian tour playing Nuits d' Afrique, Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Mission Folk Festival, Canmore Folk Festival and a second Australian tour including Woodford Folk Festival and Sydney Festival.
His follow up to Umlilo, titled Mangaliso (meaning “marvel” or “miracle”), is a worldclass record that confirms he’s among the most purposeful and gifted artists working in South Africa today. Among the highlights are first single, “Ndokulandela”, a hypnotic song that showcases Mabandla’s meditative, yet powerful, voice, “Bawo Wam” which carries with it the spirit of the ancient on a song built around a distinctively modern beat-heavy groove and “Khaya”, a track that reveals Mabandla’s guitarwork as among the most lyrical South Africa has produced.
Mangaliso was produced by Tiago Correia Paulo (Tumi and the Volume; 340ml) who also features, along with Mike Wright (Zebra & Giraffe), this new format has played some of the finest festivals in the region during 2017 including Sakifo Festival in Reunion Island, Zakifo Festival, Oppikoppi and Rocking the Daisies in South Africa.
Bongeziwe has performed some of the biggest festivals in South Africa including Cape Town World Music Festival, Oppikoppi and Rocking the Daisies, as well as Sakifo Festival in Reunion and Azgo Festival in Mozambique. His debut album Umlilo, received two nominations at the South African Music Awards 2013, for Best Newcomer and Best Adult African album categories.
2014 was been a big year for Bongeziwe Mabandla with his perfect blend of urban-African folk, heartfelt lyrics and honest delivery, seeing him take to the stage in Australia at the Australasian Worldwide Music Expo and the Mullumbimby Music Festival, Germany at Africa Festival, in Paris at Festival d’lle de France, at the renowned Primavera Sound Festival in Spain, at Sukiyaki Meets the World Festival in Japan. He took part in the One Beat program in the USA, an incubator for music-based social entrepreneurship where innovative musicians from around the world launch collaborative projects designed to make a positive impact on local and global communities. At home in South Africa he has collaborated with Joss Stone and Vieux Farka Toure on their South African tours.
2015 saw Bongeziwe play extensive run of shows across the globe; including a headline spot at Bushfire Festival in Swaziland, a comprehensive Canadian tour playing Nuits d' Afrique, Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Mission Folk Festival, Canmore Folk Festival and a second Australian tour including Woodford Folk Festival and Sydney Festival.
His follow up to Umlilo, titled Mangaliso (meaning “marvel” or “miracle”), is a worldclass record that confirms he’s among the most purposeful and gifted artists working in South Africa today. Among the highlights are first single, “Ndokulandela”, a hypnotic song that showcases Mabandla’s meditative, yet powerful, voice, “Bawo Wam” which carries with it the spirit of the ancient on a song built around a distinctively modern beat-heavy groove and “Khaya”, a track that reveals Mabandla’s guitarwork as among the most lyrical South Africa has produced.
Mangaliso was produced by Tiago Correia Paulo (Tumi and the Volume; 340ml) who also features, along with Mike Wright (Zebra & Giraffe), this new format has played some of the finest festivals in the region during 2017 including Sakifo Festival in Reunion Island, Zakifo Festival, Oppikoppi and Rocking the Daisies in South Africa.
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Bongeziwe Mabandla Lyrics
Alright Life is funny, coz its hard and strange How you think…
bambelela kum Kutheni siphathana kanjena Kunzima ukuxolelana Ngubani omuny…
Freedom for Everyone Do you think about other people And the places that they…
hamba Uthe uhambe Ungishiye ndihleli ndengwa Uhambe ndisindise Won…
hlala Amagama ayabidana Ndithi ndithetha lena Uthi ndithetha enye …
Intro Wezokhahlamba phesheye kwemifula Phezulu enconcoyini, ezinta…
isiphelo Ekugqibileni kwento yonke M'na ndisakuthanda Noba asisekho k…
Isizathu Wakhala unontlupheko Ecinga ooKhathazekile Imini zobuhlungu …
Jikeleza UThixo nyan' uyaphila Wandibon'ebunzimeni bami Walul'isandla…
libali libali lyrics to be uploaded in the coming week as…
Masiziyekelele Akekho umunt' omhle njegawe Uyangingcangcazelisa Kunini sizi…
mini esadibana ngayo Mna bendihlele ndedwa Ndibongela abahambayo Nhliziyo ngingay…
ndanele Andikwazukulibala Konke ekwenzekileyo 'phila ndikhangelwa ku…
ndikhale Ngaba nyani na Undilibele Kudala ndihleli Ndihlel’ emlindwe…
Ndokulandela Phambi kwabantu bonke Mina ndiyafunga Uba bom' endibuphila N…
Ngawe Ndiyakhumbula Ndandiseng' umntwana Siphila ngenyembezi Siphi…
Noba Bangathini Noba bangathini thini Thina sadalelwa ukuba kunye Andi andik…
salanabani Ndosala nobani Xa ndishiywa nguwe? Xa ndishiywa nguwe? Ndosa…
sisahleleleni Asisakwaz’ ukuphika Mingaph’ iminyaka Sisenz’ intwenye Kukh…
soze Aha ha ha Aha ha ha Aha ha ha Aha…
Superhero Ndiyingqwele ndimnyama kanjena Ndiyinqqwele ndimnyama kanjen…
thula Ndiyakhala mama Ndikhalela wena Ndifuna undithathe Undibek’ …
ubukho bakho ‘Bukho bakho yimpendulo (kumele ndiphakame) ‘Bukho bakho lit…
Ukuthanda wena Uthi ndithini na xa undiphatha kanje Lumkiswa ngawe Kodwa za…
Umlilo Ndiyakhumbula funisa ngomntana Siphila ngenyembezi Siphila n…
Wandenzanina Uba ungabuya whe mlingo wentlungu yam Kus'ke ngenye imini en…
Wena Uthi ndithini na xa undiphatha kanje Lumkiswa ngawe Kodwa za…
Xesha should i try one last one? ye I have one…
zange Ekuqaleni kwakunzima ukuk'xelela Kodwa emva kwexesha ndaqond…
Nontsikelelo
on ndanele
But this man
grace
on Ndibuyile
In front of all the people
I swear
He lives my life
I leave it behind
This day is a mark
I introduce myself
I'm not the same person I used to be
I will follow you
Wherever you go
I will go with you
All the days of my life
I will follow you
Wherever you go
I will go with you
All day long
It’s my life my life
It's my life, my life
My whole heart
I set it before you
I don't have any more
It is the power
Help me, father
You have accepted me
He showed him the way
So that I can go
I will follow you
Wherever you go
I will go with you
All the days of my life
I will follow you
Wherever you go
I will go with you
All day long
It’s my life my life
It’s my life my life
The world can turn on me
People have turned their backs on me
I'm not going anywhere
I'll follow you
I will follow you
Wherever you go
I will go with you
All the days of my life
I will follow you
Wherever you go
I will go with you
All the days of my life
I will follow you
Wherever you go
I will go with you
All day long
It’s my life my life
It’s my life my life
I have decided to follow Jesus. May your children hear your voice, be moved by your Word.