Magadeline Lesolobe (born 1983), best known by her stage name Charma Gal, is a
Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahar ...
singer-songwriter.
Early life
Charma Gal was born in
Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahar ...
in a small village called
Lerala
Lerala is a village in Central District (Botswana), Central District of Botswana. The village is located at the south-eastern end of the Tswapong Hills, from the Limpopo River and the border with South Africa and approximately east of Palapye. T ...
. She was married to Kabelo Mogwe, but the two later divorced in 2016. Charma Gal is a mother of two.
Charma Gal is one of the founding members of the cultural dance group,
Culture Spears, which was founded in 2005. She left the group to form her own group, called
Eke Ntolo, which has released seven albums.
Music career
Charma Gal released a new album in April 2017:Mmokolodi, (transl. I am going to Mmokolodi.) She has collaborated with various international artists including
Jah Prayzah
Mukudzeyi Mukombe (born 4 July 1987), better known as Jah Prayzah, is a Zimbabwean contemporary musician and lead member of the band ''Third Generation''. He is popularly referred to by fans and media as "Musoja", the Shona word for "soldier", a ...
on the song ''Dali Wangu.''
Charma Gal was also featured by Master KG on a single track titled "''Nsalele le ngwana''" in 2018. She released her seventh studio album ''Lekgamu La Bananyana'' in November 2018. The album was released through Charma Gal Productions. ''Lekgamu La Bananyana'',the title track of the album, made it to the Yarona Fm Top 20 Count Down and peaked at position 10. In 2020/21 she was featured by Makhadzi on her album "KOKOVHA" on the track "''Themba Muthu" .'' Years later she was featured by Culture Spears after years of separation with the group with the hit song that took Botswana by storm "''Sibi"''
She released an album titled. In 2022 which features Kabelo Mogwe on the song "''Kotsio"''
See also
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Vee Mampeezy
Odirile Ishmael Sento, popularly known as Vee or Vee Mampeezy , is a Motswana singer, songwriter and the CEO of Lamalanga and Black Money Makers records.
Early life
Mampeezy was born in 1983 in Hukuntsi.
Career
His first album was relea ...
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Sasa Klaas
Sarona Motlhagodi (17 May 1993 – 5 March 2021), known professionally as Sasa Klaas, was a Botswana singer, rapper, and songwriter. She was born on 17 May 1993 in Botswana and raised by a single mother and politician Anna Mokgethi. She was an a ...
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Ross Branch
References
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1983 births
Living people
Tswana people
Botswana songwriters
Botswana women singers
People from Central District (Botswana)