Busi Ncube

{{Short description|Zimbabwean musician}} {{Infobox person | name = Busi Ncube | image = | death_date = | birth_date ={{birth date and age|1963|06|15}} | birth_place = | death_place = | citizenship = Zimbabwe | occupation = Singer | years active = }} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Sibusiswe "Busi" Ncube''' (born 15 June 1963)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-07-06|title=Busi Ncube|url=https://www.pindula.co.zw/Busi_Ncube|access-date=2021-10-27|website=Pindula|language=en}}</ref> is a female mbira musician and singer from Zimbabwe, who sings in six African languages.<ref>[http://www.kontamtv.com/Countries/Zimbabwe.html Konta music television: Musicians from Zimbabwe] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006064430/http://www.kontamtv.com/Countries/Zimbabwe.html |date=October 6, 2011 }}. Accessed Jan. 18, 2008.</ref> She play the guitar, mbira and percussions.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=MAKOPA|first=FREEMAN|date=February 6, 2021|title=Busi Ncube still in the groove|work=Newsday|url=https://www.newsday.co.zw/2021/02/busi-ncube-still-in-the-groove/|access-date=26 October 2021}}</ref>

She was a member of the Afro-Fusion group Ilanga; the group released three albums during the 1980s, and played during the 1988 Human Rights Now! concert.<ref>[http://www.embargo.ca/zim/artists/bios/ilanga/index.htm Music of Zimbabwe: Illanga] She did some solo projects with a collective of musicians calling themselves THE CLUB. songs they did as THE CLUB are Ndaba zakho and Gondo , which had also been done by Fanyana Dube. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090104234746/http://www.embargo.ca/zim/artists/bios/ilanga/index.htm |date=January 4, 2009 }}. Accessed Jan. 18, 2009.</ref> She have been in the music industry for the past 34 years as a recording and performing artiste. Other than music, she is a teacher by profession and she now teaches in Norway.<ref name=":0" />

Busi and her twin,Sipathisiwe were Born in Bulawayo.<ref>https://www.musicinafrica.net/fr/node/8219</ref> She is a mother of two children Tendai and Angeline<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-07-06|title=Busi Ncube|url=https://www.pindula.co.zw/Busi_Ncube|access-date=2021-10-26|website=Pindula|language=en}}</ref>

Ncube later recorded eight albums with a backing band, "Rain", including ''Malaisha'' and ''Live in Prague''. Her most famous song is True Love recorded during her time with the band Ilanga.<ref>[http://www.dandemutande.org/Catalog/?cat=Music&artist=NcubeBusi#Malaisha Busi Ncube albums]. Accessed Jan. 18, 2009.</ref> The band toured Norway in 2006 and appeared at the Mela Festival.<ref>[http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5340&Itemid=101 "Busi and Dudu thrill Harare audiences"]. 23/11/06. ''The Zimbabwean''.</ref><ref>[http://www.peakperformances.co.za/2007/05/07/collaborations-urombo-zimbabwe/#more-209 The Collaboration’s Urombo - Zimbabwe] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723120408/http://www.peakperformances.co.za/2007/05/07/collaborations-urombo-zimbabwe/#more-209 |date=July 23, 2011 }}. Peak People: An inside look blog. Accessed Jan. 18, 2009.</ref> Ncube has also contributed to another Thulani project, all-star collaboration album "''Hupenyu Kumusha/Life at Home,"'' released in 2006, which featured several notable Zimbabwean musicians, including Chiwoniso Maraire, Roger Mbambo, Adam Chisvo and Mashasha.<ref>[http://www.dandemutande.org/Catalog/?cat=Music&artist=Collaboration "The Collaboration"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823060635/http://www.dandemutande.org/Catalog/?cat=Music&artist=Collaboration |date=2007-08-23 }}. Accessed Jan. 18, 2009.</ref> Busi currently divides her time between Harare and Oslo, where she teaches and performs.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ncube, Busi}} Category:21st-century Zimbabwean women singers Category:Living people Category:Northern Ndebele people Category:20th-century Zimbabwean women singers Category:Zimbabwean expatriates in Norway Category:1963 births