IRON FIST KNOCKED MBALI INTO SHAPE By Jabulani Langa MaGcwabe is looking forward to recording more praise songs.
Multi-award winning poet Mbali “MaGcwabe” Mkhize was trained by Afro jazz singer and cultural expert, Mbuso Khoza.
MaGcwabe, who’s originally from Esikhaleni in northern KZN, collaborated on and recorded Isandlwana with Mbuso.
The song honours Zulu heroes who fought in 1879 at the Battle of Isandlwana, the first major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom.
The two are preparing to release a six-track EP, which has a bit of poetry and traditional music.
MaGcwabe, who’s been a poet for seven years, told SunBuzz she thought she was a master poet until she started working with Mbuso. He taught her many things.