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I-lizwe lika… Gogo Ellen Mlangeni

Post author By Sonny Jermain
Post date 29 July 2025
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Umdlalikazi engimthanda ukwedlula bonke empilweni! Nangu u-MaVundla, ingcitshi-nkulu ephilayo kwezamasiko leSintu, uGogo Bella Ellen Mlangeni (Tsholotsho, 1952) owayengumkhaleli lokuba ngumaqala we-Thandanani Women’s Ensemble. Ephuma elokitshini leNkosi u-Matshobana ko-Bulawayo, usiphakulela okusesizweni sakhe. Ugwalo lwami Thole likaMthwakazi luyeza 27 Lwezi 2025. <Imizuzu eyisikhombisa (7) ukubala> <Read it in English> Iskolo sesigaba sakuqala: Nhlabathi Primary School, Tsholotsho.Iskolo sesigaba […]

Tags Arts, Bulawayo, Cont Mhlanga, Culture, Ellen Mlangeni, Ethnomusicology, Florence Sithole, Ihosana, Isitshikitsha, Joshua Nkomo, Kalanga, Khayisa Ndiweni, Mthwakazi, Patricia Tshabalala, Phathisa Nyoni, Thandanani Women's Ensemble, Vulindlela, Yengiwe Ngwenya

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The Republic of… Ellen Mlangeni

Post author By Sonny Jermain
Post date 29 July 2025
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My all-time favourite actress! Here is MaVundla, a living legend of the arts and Isintu culture, Gogo Bella Ellen Mlangeni (Tsholotsho, 1952), the former lead singer and founder of the redoubtable Thandanani Women’s Ensemble. Coming from King Matshobana Township in Bulawayo, she serves us what is in her affairs. My book Thole likaMthwakazi is due […]