Ringo Madlingozi

Ngubani uRingo Madlingozi ?

URingo Madlingozi (owazalwa nge-12 kuDisemba 1964) yimvumi yaseMzantsi Afrika, umbhali weengoma, umvelisi werekhodi kunye neLungu leNdlu yoWiso-mthetho yoMzantsi Afrika.

Waqala Kanjani ukuzazisa eMzantsi Afrika ?

UMadlingozi uye waduma ngethuba yena neqela lakhe iPeto bephumelela ukhuphiswano lweShell Road to Fame ngo-1986. Kamva waseka iqela elibizwa ngokuba yiGecko Moon noAlan Cameron, ilungu likaPeto. UMadlingozi wazalelwa ePeddie, eMpuma Koloni. Ukudibana kwethu kunye nomvelisi owaziwayo kunye nentloko ye-Island Records, uChris Blackwell, utshintshe indlela yobomi bukaMadlingozi.

Icwecwe lwakhe lokuqala nokugxila ekusebenziseni ulwimi lwesi Xhosa.

“UBlackwell wandigxeka ngokungabambeleli kwinto endiyaziyo – abantu bakuthi, ulwimi lwam nenkcubeko yam,” utshilo uMadlingozi. “Kwakungathi kulayitiwe isibane esiqaqambileyo engqondweni yam nto leyo eyakhokelela ekubeni ndishicilele icwecwe lam lokuqala, iVukani.

Eli cwecwe liphawule indlela entsha kaMadlingozi. Ngokwelizwi elithetha ukuthi “Vuka”, eli cwecwe limilisele ngokuqinileyo uMadlingozi kuhlobo lwepop yaseAfrika, linika intsingiselo yesingqi esithi “ukuxhentsa” esathi sayikhuthaza le mvumi ebutsheni bayo xa yayidla ngokuphulaphula “amagqirha” okanye amaxhwele kwindawo ahlala kuyo. zixabise izingqi zabo.

Ukongezwa kwesandi sangoku ngexa kusasekelwe kwisithethe sokudlala isiginci sesiXhosa, kuye kwaqinisa oko kwaziwa ngokuba sisandi esithi “Ringo”. Isandi sifumene ukubonakaliswa kwayo kwezinye izinto ezininzi ezikhutshwayo, nganye isakha kwimpumelelo yokugqibela

URingo unonyana omnye, uPhila Madlingozi. Ungumdlali kunye negcisa.

UMadlingozi kamva waseka iqela elibizwa ngokuba yiGecko Moon kunye no-Alan Cameron, ilungu likaPeto. Ingoma yabo edumileyo yayiyi “Green-Green”, eyayiyingoma enqamlezileyo kwaye yamkelwa kakuhle ngabathandi bomculo.

Icwecwe lokuqala likaMadlingozi, iVukani, lithengise amashumi amawaka eekopi. Emva koko ufumene iimbasa ezininzi ngamacwecwe akhe kwiiMbasa zoMculo zaseMzantsi Afrika (SAMA) kunye neeMbasa zeKora, apho, phakathi kokunye, waphumelela elona Mbhali iBalaseleyo kuMazantsi e-Afrika kunye neeMbasa zelizwekazi lase-Afrika.

Uye wasebenzisana neqela lezizwe ngezizwe i-UB40 njengenxalenye yeNkqubo yokwazisa nge-AIDS kwiZizwe eziManyeneyo, eshicilela amazwi esiXhosa ka-“Cover Up” NgoMeyi ka-2019, uMadlingozi uye wafungiswa njengeLungu lePalamente kulawulo lwesithandathu likarhulumente wedemokhrasi weRiphabhliki yoMzantsi Afrika. Utyholwa ngokukhusela iintetho zocalucalulo ezichaza abantu beentlanga ezifana namaAsia (“amaIndiya” aseMzantsi Afrika), abantu bodidi oluxubeneyo (“amaKhaladi” eMzantsi Afrika) nabamhlophe njengabacalucalulo ngokobuhlanga.

I-Discography • Vukani (1996) • Sondelani (1997) • Mamelani (1998) • Into Yam’ (1999) • Buyisa (2000) • Ntumba (2002) • Baleka (2004) • Ndim’lo (2006) • Ukuza koKusa (2007)• Qhubeka (2008) •Jayiva Sbali (2010) • Vukani (2014) • Iingoma zothando (2006) • I-Ringo Live DVD (2003) • I-Ringo Live CD (2003)