African Voices: Thanksgiving Edition with South African musician Nomsa Mazwai [ 1:01:11 | 56.01 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (269)
Nomsa Mazwai's album, Nomisupasta
In this special Thanksgiving edition of the African Voices Podcast, we bring you an interview with South African musician Nomsa Mazwai. For this episode, African Voices teamed up with En’kay Boateng from Legend Talk Radio to interview Nomsa and play some of her music. Nomsa won Best Alternative African Music at the South African Music Awards in 2011. She is currently based in New York, where she is studying Economics and making music at the same time.
Download Nomsa Mazwai’s music on Bandcamp. Follow her on Facebook and Twitter.
In the interview, Nomsa talks about how her study of Economics has helped to make her think critically about the world, and how this critical thinking permeates her music. In addition love songs, her music includes a great deal of social and political commentary about South Africa, Africa as a whole and also the relationship between African countries, the United States and Globalization. Nomsa also talks about our responsibility as Africans in the U.S. to use our skills to give back to our countries of origin. Scroll to the end of the podcast to hear Nomsa read her poem on Globalization, exclusively for African Voices and Legend Talk Radio.
So this Thanksgiving, sit back, relax and listen to the sounds of one of South Africa’s rising music stars…
