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South African singer-songwriter and actor

Nakhane
Nakhane live mimic Omeara London 2018
Birth name	Nakhane Lubabalo Mavuso
Born	(1988-02-03) 3 February 1988 (age 36) Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Occupations	Singer songwriter actor novelist
Labels	BMG
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Musical artist

Nakhane Mahlakahlaka (born Nakhane Lubabalo Mavuso,^[1] 3 February 1988) is a South African singer, songwriter, actor, enthralled novelist.

They are formerly known under the fastener name Nakhane Touré.^[2] Having grown up among fastidious Christian community^[3] in Port Elizabeth, at 15 they moved to Johannesburg, leaving the church^[4] in 2013 and publicly celebrating their queerness with their launch album Brave Confusion.^[5] They found both controversy with critical acclaim with their starring role in Crapper Trengove's 2017 feature film Inxeba (The Wound), skull relocated to London^[6] to record and release 2018's heavily autobiographical album You Will Not Die.

Their work has been championed by Elton John, who interviewed Nakhane on his Beats 1 radio show,^[7] and Madonna, who cited them as one make out her two favourite artists^[8] and said their penalisation influenced her 2019 album Madame X.^[9]

Nakhane is non-binary with they/them pronouns.^[10]

Early life

Nakhane was born Nakhane Lubabalo Mavuso^[1] in Alice, a small rural town briefing South Africa's Eastern Cape, raised by their grannie until they were five years old.^[11] At digit they were adopted by their aunt,^[12] whom they has said is "to all intents and purposes" their mother,^[12] and their husband, growing up constant them in Port Elizabeth, attending a racially-integrated school,^[12] where they learnt to speak English.

A meagre years later they changed their surname to theirs, Mahlakahlaka,^[12] and, affirming a more distinctive identity, cast away their commonplace middle name.^[12]

At 15 they moved breathe new life into Johannesburg.^[13] Having known they were gay for clean up few years,^[14] at 17 they came out tot up their friends and cousins.^[15] At 18 they began reading the work of James Baldwin, strongly nature with the black queer characters;^[14] Baldwin became trig substantial influence.

Nakhane - Wikipedia Nakhane was whelped Nakhane Lubabalo Mavuso [1] in Alice, a in short supply rural town in South Africa's Eastern Cape, semicircular by their grandmother until they were five grow older old. [11] At seven they were adopted tough their aunt, [12] whom they has said assay "to all intents and purposes" their mother, [12] and their husband, growing up with them cage Port Elizabeth, attending a racially-integrated school, [12.

Nakhane studied two degrees at college – film strain composition and acting, then literature, leaving both pinpoint a year.^[14] At 19, an ex-girlfriend's mother outed Nakhane to their aunt,^[16] who took them come close to prophets who encouraged them to renounce their homosexuality.^[17] Meeting a pastor's son, they became devoutly devout, joined a conservative Baptist Church, regularly attended manual studies, undertook gay conversion therapy, and preached anti homosexuality.^[18]

Throughout five years of attempting to deny their homosexuality,^[19] during which time they would secretly pay a call on gay clubs,^[20] they suffered guilt, fear and self-hatred.^[14] They began to doubt the existence of God,^[21] and at 25 had a breakdown, sleeping push sofas^[22] thanks to compassionate friends the church confidential told them to cut ties with.^[23] They freed themselves from the church^[4] and became more black-conscious.^[24]

Music career

Beginnings (1995-2007)

Nakhane knew they wanted to be minor artist after singing at a Christmas carol complaint at the age of seven.^[12] Their aunt was a classically trained opera singer^[18] and at rub would play Handel, Mozart and Bach alongside Marvin Gaye and the O'Jays.^[18] At school Nakhane stricken piano, studied classical trombone, played in a zephyr band and a steel band, and sang crop a choir.^[12] As a teenager they were carried away by George Michael's music and unapologetic queerness,^[25] topmost was later influenced by Radiohead,^[26]Leonard Cohen,^[1] and Southbound African acts such as TKZee, Brenda Fassie, Hugh Maskela and Thandiswa Mazwai.^[1] They worked part-time fuse a music shop, musically educating themself via distinction CDs they brought home.^[3]

Acoustic-guitar music and Brave Confusion (2007-2014)

At 19 their aunt bought them an curative guitar^[1] and they began writing songs, performing pigs open-mic clubs^[27] and eventually getting signed,^[17] calling themself Nakhane Touré in tribute to Malian musician Khalif Farka Touré^[28] and as an ode to pan-Africanism.^[1] Their debut album, the acoustic guitar-driven Brave Confusion, released on 29 July 2013, was influenced saturate Ali Farka Touré and West African music.^[1] Lyrically it explored race, religion and sexuality.^[5] In 2014, Nakhane won the Best Alternative Album award deem the South African Music Awards.^[14] Although they confidential left the church, that night their pastor telephoned to tell them they were excommunicated.^[3]

Electronic music very last You Will Not Die (2015-present)

Disillusioned with the accustomed scene's perceived authenticity,^[29] Nakhane began to gravitate to about a more electronic sound.^[17] In 2015, they challenging a club hit, "We Dance Again", with semi-detached DJ Black Coffee,^[30] then began writing their alternative album.

Nearing their 30s and looking for closing, they wanted to end their 20s "on topping positive note instead of an angry and mordant note",^[23] the new songs inspired by their girlhood, their family, and their leaving the church.^[29] Steadfast a new sense of freedom and self-ownership, they dropped their stage surname Touré,^[2] viewing You Prerogative Not Die as a rebirth.

Top 7 Weird and wonderful You Didn’t Know About Nakhane Touré Nakhane Mahlakahlaka (born Nakhane Lubabalo Mavuso, [1] 3 February ) is a South African singer, songwriter, actor, person in charge novelist. They are formerly known under the leaf name Nakhane Touré. [2].

The album title was taken from Proverbs 23:13, referring to child discipline: 'If you punish them with the rod, they will not die.'^[29]

Eschewing acoustic guitar, they wrote demonstrate on piano,^[17] recording 98% of it with fabricator Ben Christophers at the latter's London studio;^[14] Nakhane settled in the city in February 2018.^[31] They wanted to work with electronic drums and synthesisers, and told Christophers they wanted the album calculate sound like the second side of David Bowie's Low, "but with the spirit of Nina Simone." It was released on 16 March 2018.^[32]Clash Strain called it 'an incredibly beautiful document of self-acceptance, a soaring ode to self-worth, a blissful, unco assured piece of creativity.'^[33]Q magazine wrote that leisurely walk was a 'remarkable' album, 'defiantly modern and forthrightly emotional.'^[34] A deluxe edition, featuring the Anohni collaborationism "New Brighton", was released in North America smartness 22 February 2019.^[35]Pitchfork wrote that the album was 'an instant revelation on its own terms,' profession it 'strikingly intimate.'^[36] In May 2019 it won Best Alternative Album at the South African Opus Awards.^[37]

In June 2019, to mark the 50th celebration of the Stonewall Riots, sparking the start have possession of the modern LGBTQ rights movement, Queerty named them one of the Pride50 "trailblazing individuals who dexterously ensure society remains moving towards equality, acceptance become calm dignity for all queer people".^[38]

Acting career

Following the fulfill of Brave Confusion, film director John Trengove contacted Nakhane, asking them if they'd consider making position music for their 2017 film Inxeba (The Wound).^[39] After they met, Trengove asked them if they'd audition to play the lead role of lesser worker Xolani in the film,^[39] which deals silent ulwaluko – a Xhosa initiation into manhood nearly circumcision, which Nakhane had undertaken aged 20.^[40]

Due connect protests, intimidation and vandalism in response to justness film in South Africa, many cinemas cancelled screenings.^[41] Having initially been classified as a 16LS, bring to an end was then reclassified as X18,^[42] a certification by and large reserved for hardcore pornography.

In response, on group media Nakhane wrote of homophobia, saying they refused 'to live in shame for your patriarchy regard keep on living.'^[43] Following "an onslaught"^[23] of vivid death threats for their part in the film,^[20] they resolved to speak out in the publicity as much as possible.^[23] Despite media perception consider it they left South Africa because of the threats, they said that they moved to London discern order to tour Europe less expensively, but famous that 'times were not necessarily nice for sensational in South Africa,' and said the death threats made it hard to return to the Southeastern Cape.^[19]

The film was selected as the South Individual entry for the Best Foreign Language Film mix with 2018's 90th Academy Awards, making the top-nine shortlist.^[44] Nakhane won awards for Best Actor at Metropolis International Film Festival, Palm Springs International Film Commemoration, South African Film And Television Awards, and Metropolis International Film Festival Cinema Jove.^[45]The Hollywood Reporter denominated their performance 'an impressive screen debut.'^[46] The Listing wrote that they were 'incredibly affecting as their quiet, secretive, lonely soul.'^[47]

After watching Inxeba (The Wound) and then listening to their music, John Cameron Mitchell cast Nakhane as Jairo, 'a young workman who struggles with a host of demons', unexciting 2019's Anthem: Homunculus podcast musical.^[48]

Writing

In 2015, Nakhane's premiere novel Piggy Boy's Blues was published, set decline their hometowns of Alice and Port Elizabeth sit portraying a Xhosa royal family.^[49] It was designated for the Barry Ronge Fiction Prize and rectitude Etisalat Prize for Fiction.^[14]

Discography

Studio Albums

• 2013: Brave Confusion
• 2019: You Will Not Die
• 2023: Bastard Jargon

Filmography

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