Proficient across a range of genres, she had the hall-filling power of an operatic mezzo-soprano and the directness of a pop singer. By Giovanni Russonello Sibongile Khumalo, a virtuoso vocalist whose ...
South African singer Sibongile Khumalo (1957-2021) was born into a dynasty of musicians. Her grandfather was a maskandi artist. This is a popular form derived from indigenous Zulu music created by ...
She sang in every style – from Carmen to UShaka – with equal accuracy, generosity and joie de vivre, making everything ‘popular’ to millions of people without ever sacrificing vocal or musical ...