Sipho johnson jambo biography examples

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    • Sipho Johnson Jambo [07 August 1966 – 19 March 2014]

    Birth Name: Sipho Johnson Mdletshe
    Stage Name: Jambo
    Born: 07 August 1966, Empangeni
    Died: 19 March 2014 (aged 48)
    Genre: Reggae, Mbaqanga
    Labels: Cool Spot
    Associated Acts: Izindlovu, Jambo

    Sipho Johnson Mdletshe was a reggae artist better known as Sipho Johnson Jambo. He was born in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal, but grew up and stud­ied in Em­pan­geni out­side Richards Bay. He died from TB-re­lated com­pli­ca­tions. He was also a producer, songwriter and engineer. He recorded 7 albums in total, 1 a Mbaqanga album, 5 Reggae albums with the group Jambo, and the sixth one was a solo project under the name Sipho Johnson Jambo.

    Sipho Mdletshe was part of an Mbaqanga group called Izindluvu. In 1989 they released a Mbaqanga album called Ezami Ziyawina through Cool Spot Records. They would later change their name to Jambo as their musical direction also transformed into Reggae. The group cons