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MBABANE – Maskandi artist Mlondie Mamba also known as Majalibhunu Maskandi will be giving free music lessons to children in Siphofaneni.
The artist has been working with children interested in music and teaching them maskandi music. 0askandi is a kind of =ulu folk music that is evolving with $frican society.
This music has been described by EThekwini online as ³The music played by the man on the move, the modern minstrel, today¶s troubadour.
Transport
,t is the music of the man walking the long miles to court a bride, or to meet with his chief a means of trans port.´ EThekwini online is a digital publication powdered by Word 3ress.
0aMalibhunu started this initiative by giving children free lessons on how to become musicians, and how to record. When reached for a com ment, the artist e[plained more about the lessons. ³, have observed that the young generation in my community look up to me, and have the hunger to make 0askandi music,´ said the artist. +e added that as their mentor it¶s important to teach them how to be dedicated if they wanted to pur sue music as a career. The 0askandi musician further said he¶s helped upcoming musicians namely Em khulandle, Emavungand]e, &arvela, 2mega whom are all professional musicians in the music industry of Eswatini.0amba said he fell in love with 0askandi music when he was growing up.
Interest
+is grandfather used to listen to the genre all the time, which sparked his interest to become a 0askandi artist. )ast forward to , he started working with other 0askandi mu sicians in pursuit of his passion for music. +e then started working on his own in .
The artist shared that he always looked up to 0gTumeni .humalo for inspiration and motivation in his musical Mourney.
,t is worthnothing the 0askandi artist has shared the stage with other artists namely .hu]ani 0pun gose, 'r %uselaphi, %onakele,%a hubhe,'onny 0ngwenyama, )rans 'lamini, 0shikishi 0d]ebele,6im my, '- )undo Must to name a few.
+e¶s also performed with other artists such as ,lla 3ennboy, /inda 'lamini, Twasa lekhansela, 6imiso .humalo, 0labalaba .humalo and ,thole /endidane.
The multi award nominee won %est 0askandi $rtist award at the
6W$0$s 6wa]iland $rts and 0usic $wards in the same year he performed in =imbabwe. +e also won %est 0askandi $rtist at the 6W$0$s. 0aMalibhunu was also nominated at the 0%$ 0lwa]et %avundulele $wards for %est 0askandi $rtist in 'urban in 'ecember .
This year he¶s releasing his latest album which is coming out in $u gust. This will be his eighth album to date. +e mentioned that this album will be something new and different since he has also ventured into $fro pop music.