Formerly self-exiled from South Africa in the 1960s, Caiphus Semenya has bu… Read Full Bio ↴Formerly self-exiled from South Africa in the 1960s, Caiphus Semenya has built a solid reputation as a musical director and composer, working with his wife, vocalist Letta Mbulu, as well as with a variety of other exiled and semi-exiled African artists, such as Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba. Moving to Los Angeles, Semenya found himself working with and composing for a broad range of jazz and pop artists, including Lou Rawls, Nina Simone and Cannonball Adderley, his facility with both jazz and African forms serving him well.

Semenya's Los Angeles stay also yielded an ongoing collaboration with Quincy Jones, resulting in Semenya providing African compositions for the scores to Roots (both parts) and Steven Spielberg's adaptation of The Color Purple. He later worked on the score to Disney's The Lion King. After his return to South Africa in 1990, he composed scores for Molo Fish, Vicious Circle and Gaba Mootho, three series broadcast by the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation. He continues to work in America, Europe and Africa in a variety of capacities, including with Letta Mbulu as Caiphus & Letta. He is an executive producer for Quincy Jones' Qradio website, for which he also writes a regular column.

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Caiphus Semenya Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Caiphus Semenya:

Angelina Angelina Come on down. Angelina Come on down Ayi, Angelina …
Buza Hayibo ndiyabuza ndiyabuza Abazali boyoyika inzalo yabo Hayi…
Help Me Somebody Ooh help me somebody Ooh help me somebody I used to treat…
Ingwe Yamabala Ngilamuleleni he yamabala Heheni mina hayayaya bo Ingwe yama…
Khando Ladies and gentleman Put your hands together For Caiphus Sem…
Mamase Haii mamase (Yhoo mamase) Haii mamase (Yhoo mamase) ke se ka…
Maru A Pula Maru a pula is a song of happiness Maru a pula…
Matswale Mme matswale, oseke wa mfuralla x2 Mme matswale, oseke wa nk…
Mdali Wethu Nkosi... Mdali wethu Yiba nathi u lethu kuzi Nazi izitha zet…

Mdali Wethu audio (Hoya hoya) Hoya hoya ho (Hoya) Hoya (Hoya hoya) Hoya hoya h…
Moshanyana (Phakisa moshanyana) (Thaba tsa mahote di ho letile) (Phakis…
ndi Hela mmanyeo Hela ngwaneso Ke khale ke kokota monyako Dintho…
Nomalanga Ahhh, namhlanje Inhliziyo yami ibuhlungu babo Ngiyozishiya N…
Play With Fire they like to play with fire they believe its water ×2 oooooh…
Stand women of good will men of good will even in children praying…
There's Music In The Air There's music in the air It makes the sorrow go Let the…
Without You Angelina Come on down Angelina Come on down Ayi, Angelina A…
Woman Got The Right To Be Ba ya khala bo mama Bo dadeweth ba ya khala Ba ya…
You Are So True You are so true And I love you Yes I do wow…
ziph inkomo (Ziph’ inkomo zamalobola) (Ziph’ inkomo zamalobola) Woo woo …
Ziph'Inkomo Ziph'inkomo inkomo Zamalobola Ziph'inkomo inkomo Zamalobola …

Ziphinkomo (Ziph’ inkomo zamalobola) (Ziph’ inkomo zamalobola) Woo woo …

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