FADER recently picked South Africa’s very own star – Sho Madjozi as part of their ’12 artists to fall in love with this summer’ list.
In a conversation dubbed ‘Sho Madjozi is manifesting her pan-African dreams’ – FADER takes a dive into Madjozi’s childhood, growing and owning her artistry and ofcourse her booming success so far.
On this list, Madjozi rubs shoulders with Lil Baby, Queen Key, Octavian and the recently popping R&B sensation – Ella Mai.
Below are the interesting takeaways from the conversation:
On her mission
“My mission is to try and imagine what a young African girl would be without the interruption of colonialism and Apartheid.”
Madjozi wanted to make a living by ghostwriting
On her return to South Africa, Madjozi’s plan was to make a living by ghostwriting for local rappers, Fader reveals.
“I need poetry to survive, emotionally and psychologically.”
“But being a poet, financially, is not [easy].”
She’s working on a film project
Even with a heavy TV role (Isithembiso) under her name, she is making it to the film industry. The interview reveals that she’s working on a film project to tell a story of the tinguvu (skirt worn popularly by Tsonga women during the xibelani dance).
“I represent a lot of people, not even just within Xitsonga culture.”
“So many people have lived their whole lives having to be split in pieces because at home you’re this, in the village you’re this, but at school you have to be something else entirely and put away your Africanness.”
She is a proud African
“There was this sense of South Africa being quite isolated [from] the rest of the continent, and [I saw] myself more as an African than just a South African,” she says. “It was frustrating to interact with South Africans who didn’t feel a part of the rest of the continent. I’d come back and they’d be like, ‘What’s it like in Africa?’”
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