singer/songwriter
Since leaving apartheid South Africa in 1976,
singer/songwriter Sonti Mndebele has enjoyed a whirlwind
career. After exile in Botswana she moved to Germany with the
musical "Sounds of Soweto" where she met and
performed with Donna Summer and Tina Turner. She moved to
London to join Ipi Tombi in 1984 and met Hugh Masekela and
Miriam Makeba, working with them for the next 9 years. She
performed with Paul Simon on the Gracelands tour and live at
the Grammy awards and has since worked with Sting, Abdullah
Ibrahim, Sade, Boy George, Peter Gabriel, Lionel Richie, Bruce
Springsteen, Billy Joel and Grace Jones and has recorded with
Soul II Soul. Sonti sang at Wembley Stadium to celebrate
Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday and 1990 release from prison.
She was invited by Botswana's First Lady, Mrs Masire, to
perform for Mandela on his 1995 state visit. Later that year
she sang at the Royal Albert Hall for Mandela's state visit to
the UK.
Since 1998 she has been a featured artist with Mbawula and
has appeared with the band at festivals up and down the UK.
Sonti releases her Solo CD 'Always Sonti' in South Africa
in August this year.
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