Judith Sephuma (born 29 June 1974) is a
South African jazz and
Afro-pop
African popular music (also styled Afropop, Afro-pop or Afro pop), like Music of Africa, African traditional music, is vast and varied. Most contemporary genres of African popular music build on cross-pollination with western popular music. M ...
singer.
Biography
Born in
Seshego
Seshego is a township in the Polokwane Local Municipality of the Capricorn District Municipality of the Limpopo province of the Republic of South Africa. The township lies directly northwest of the city of Polokwane.
History
Between 1972 and 19 ...
, she was raised in
,
Limpopo
Limpopo is the northernmost province of South Africa. It is named after the Limpopo River, which forms the province's western and northern borders. The capital and largest city in the province is Polokwane, while the provincial legislature is ...
, and moved to
Cape Town
Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...
in 1994 to study as a jazz vocalist. In 1997, she graduated from the
University of Cape Town
The University of Cape Town (UCT) ( af, Universiteit van Kaapstad, xh, Yunibesithi ya yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university statu ...
with a Performer's Diploma in Jazz and went on to further study. In 1999, she won the "Best Jazz Vocalist" at the Old Mutual Jazz Into The Future competition and signed with the African division of
BMG.
Her debut album ''A Cry, A Smile, A Dance'' (2001) was critically acclaimed and she followed it up with ''New Beginnings'' in 2005. Her other albums include ''Change is Here'' (2008), ''I Am A Living Testimony'' (2011), ''A Legacy Live in Concert'' (2012; CD and DVD), and her 2013 debut gospel album titled ''The Experience LIVE in Concert'' with some songs produced by Wilson Joel (CD and DVD). In 2015 she released her album ''One Word'', which she describes as Afro-Funk Jazz. Her following album, ''My Worship - Live'', was released in 2017.
In 2019, after a two year discovery period, she has released her most recent album, titled 'Power of Dreams', which she has described as "Following a two year journey of self- rediscovery, after the release of her eight album in 2017, The Queen of Afro Jazz, Judith Sephuma, has come back to provoke thoughts and emotions through music with her latest Afro Jazz album titled Power of Dreams."
some of the songs included are the album are "power of dreams", "neither of us", and "Ntshwarele".
She is recorded and marketed through her independent record label, Lalomba Music.
References
External links
Judith Sephumaofficial website
South African music siteTVSA Actor ProfileSnaparazzi Gallery
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Living people
South African College of Music alumni
21st-century South African women singers
South African pop singers
Musicians from Cape Town
1974 births