Matshediso Mholo
Encyclopedia
Matshediso Florence Mholo is a South Africa
n artist and activist and a member of the multi-platinum Afro-pop
group Malaika
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orphans) and abused women. She is also an Aids activist and was voluntarily tested for HIV
in October 2006 an attempt to set an example.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n artist and activist and a member of the multi-platinum Afro-pop
African popular music
African popular music, like African traditional music, is vast and varied. Most contemporary genres of African popular music build on cross-pollination with western popular music. Many genres of popular music like blues, jazz, salsa zouk, and rumba derive to varying degrees on musical traditions...
group Malaika
Malaika (Group)
Malaika is a South African Afro-pop music group, which has been described as post-kwaito, post-mbaqanga and neo-soul, consisting of three young musicians: Bongani Nchanga and the late Jadu Ndaba from the previous band the Stouters and Matshediso Mholo , a former school teacher.Malaika toured...
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Musical career
Mholo met fellow group members Bongani Nchang and the late Jabulani Ndaba in a church choir in 2003, while teaching music and drama at the Mabana Cultural Centre in MmabathoMmabatho
Mmabatho is the former capital of the North-West Province of South Africa. In the apartheid era, it was the capital of the former "Bantustan" of Bophuthatswana. Following the end of apartheid in 1994, Bophuthatswana was integrated into the newly established North-West Province and Mmabatho was...
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Charity work
Mholo has been involved in a number of campaigns on behalf of orphans (especially AIDSAIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
orphans) and abused women. She is also an Aids activist and was voluntarily tested for HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
in October 2006 an attempt to set an example.
External links
- http://www.women24.com/Women24v2/ContentDisplay/w24v2_ArticleCapture/0,,11312,00.html
- http://www.malaikasa.co.za
- http://www.kaizerchiefs.com/default.asp?des=article&aid=245813
- http://www.unicef.org/southafrica/media_4450.html
- http://www.5sm.co.za/bands_malaika.htm