Afrobeat has been enjoying
worldwide acceptance in recent times and the womenfolk are not left behind,
they have been at the forefront of the revolution as well. The likes of Tiwa Savage, Yemi Alade, Vanessa Mdee
haven taken Afrobeat beyond the shores of the continent commanding sold-out
concerts in the diaspora market and also making headlines in entertainment news
across the globe.
Chawangwa Setimela from the Kalanga tribe
in Botswana, better known as ‘’Sebina’’ is a new Songbird ready to
hit the Afrobeat scene with a breath of fresh air, she is hot, an
eloquent vocalist, bright songwriter with an infectious crowd-pleasing ability,
she is an epitome of sexiness, her flexibility in being able to
merge Southern African sound with Western flavor distinguishes her from the
pack.
Sebina calls her
genre ‘’Fusion Pop” because she
blends R&B with acoustic soul which gives her the ability to explore more
of Afropop. She has lived all her teen life in South Africa having moved there since she was thirteen years of age
but acknowledges Botswana as her
home country, she toys with lots of Zulu
(the most widely spoken language in South Africa) in her sound having grown up
with a mother who is fluent in both Ndebele
and Zulu so she sees herself more as
a Southern African Artist because she renders her vocals in English
Language, Setswana and Kalanga.
Sebina is in her
second year studying Humanities at Stellenbosch
University in Cape Town, South Africa, her attraction to Nigerian music is
so deep that she felt she should be a part of the revolution by being a mix of
two different sounds, she said “Nigerians
have always shown me lots of appreciation here in South Africa and she has
always appreciated their sound as well so my music will be a great fusion of
the best of both worlds’’. Her debut single is in the pipeline to be
produced by the T Spize who made Davido’s crossover hit song Aye.
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