Selaelo selota biography sample

BIOGRAPHY OF SELAELO SELOTA

MUSICIAN, COMPOSER, PRODUCER, TEACHER…. STAR

These days it seems like everything SELAELO SELOTA touches turns to Gold! The multi-talented musician’s career keeps developing at an outstanding rate, and the last two years have seen him carve out a sparkling career in the highly competitive South African Afro Jazz scene – but the scary thing is that he is only just getting started. In addition to the recent success of his landmark 2000 debut album PAINTED FACES achieving Platinum status for sales in excess of 60 000 units, his latest release ENCHANTED GARDENS has also achieved Gold status. The former gold miner is now mining the same precious metal, but armed with a guitar rather than a drill.

SELAELO SELOTA was born and grew up in a rural village near Polokwane (formerly Pietersburg) in South Africa’s most northern Limpopo Province, where he remembers being greatly inspired by the traditional musical practice that were abundant all around him. On completing high school, and not having financial resources to further his studies, he found employment in mining. Working in the mines and living amongst the migrant workers, he was exposed to the traditional songs and dances from many other South African tribal groups. After three years, in 1989 he left

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