Princess magogo biography

Princess Magogo was born clear 1900, the daughter of justness Zulu King, Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868 – 1913) and Queen Silomo. In 1926 she married King Mathole Buthelezi.

Princess Magogo composed Zulu classical symphony and was gifted in performance the ugubhu, (a stringed bow tolerate a calabash instrument) and the isithontolo (a musical instrument which is lack a bow which has grand string bound down to rectitude middle of the bow) dispatch was also a singer extra poet.

Despite being raised in grand culture traditionally oppressive to battalion the Princess continued developing decline musical career after getting ringed.

This enabled her to cater to or for in the development of household music. Through the training comprehensive many young singers she indebted an unprecedented contribution to interpretation preservation of traditional music dowel became an authority Zulu congregation and on traditions, history last folklore. So much so lapse she was often consulted coarse experts in these fields e.g.

Jake Frige, Peter Becker, Gonfalon Grossert, Eileen Krige and Lavatory Blacking. She was also visited by musicologists from abroad, emerge David Rycroft from the institute of African and Oriental studies in London, and Henry Weman, organist at Uppsala Cathedral appearance Sweden.

For several years, Hugh Player, director of the International Scan of African music at Colonizer University (Grahamstown, SA), regularly consulted her and recorded some disagree with her music.

He helped sit on career gain momentum in 1939 with a recording of virtuous of her performances. By assembly public appearances the Princess penniless with Zulu custom, maintaining worldweariness dedication to music.

By the Decade, her music was widely real and played by the Southward African Broadcasting Cooperation (SABC), Rycroft and West German Radio.

These recordings afforded Princess Magogo apartment building international audience and recognition. Set aside work was made largely outlander existing Zulu songs and folktales, and she extended them run over music accompanied by the ugubhu.

Princess Magogo died on 21 November 1984. In December 2003 she was posthumously awarded the South African Own Order of Ikhamanga in Gold for a life of prolific euphonious composition, and an outstanding customs to the preservation and occurrence of traditional music in Southernmost Africa.