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Local star to perform in the USA

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A local talented gospel artist, Takie Ndou, will be performing in the USA in July. He will showcase his talent for about a month in that country.

Ndou (30), a multi-award-winning artist, will also be performing in Nigeria before the end of April. He says he is not nervous about the challenge and exposure he will be facing. “I have been to Germany, Botswana, Lesotho, Rwanda and Swaziland before. This is just an extension of my experience of performing on the global stage,” says Ndou, who was born at Ha-Mutsha.

He and his four siblings, two elder brothers and two younger sisters, were raised by their single mother, Agrinett Ndou. His father passed away in 1998, when he was 15 years old.

He started his career in music in 2004 after he quit his full-time job in the IT industry. He released his first album, Masimudumise, in the same year. The album sold more than 15 000 copies and he released another gospel hit, Unkhumbule, in 2005. In 2006, Ndou released a duet album, I’m going home, with his friend, Rofhiwa Manyaga. They released three albums before they decided to go solo again in April last year, when Ndou released his latest album, The Psalmist.

The Psalmist is his biggest success up to date and won five awards last year: album of the year (Metro Awards), artist of the year, song of the year and best album of the year (Ingoma Awards) and best collaboration (Crown Gospel Awards).  He attributes his success to his commitment to music and the grace of God.

Ndou says he wants to continue producing good music, “even when I am over 50, like my role model Benjamin Dube.”  He is now based in Johannesburg where he is involved in music full-time. He believes he is succeeding because he is running his music professionally by working with a team of specialists at the Bold Music Company.

“Our local artists do not succeed because they want to do things on their own.  I am advising all to rope in managers and producers, so that they can take their music to another level,” says Ndou, who is also studying music in Johannesburg.

 
 

Multi-award-winning gospel artist Takie Ndou (30).
 

By: Ndivhuwo Musetha

 

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