Biography:

Swazi Dlamini, 30 year old young female artist who is also a business woman in the music industry with Swazitainment Productions and Shammah Records as 2 of her co-owned companies with husband and fellow musician, Tshepo Mngoma.

Her debut album , “My First Love” released 2003 with Sony Music, won her much acclaim as one of the most celebrated young artists in South Africa and internationally alike. This album saw her being awarded, SAMA 2004 Best Female artist, and KORA 2004 most promising African Female artist for that year. The album displayed Swazi Dlamini’s versatility as a singer and her ability to experiment with new sounds and languages. Produced by award winning international icon Jimmy Dludlu it is no wonder that this first offering from this great singer, did so well. This album was dedicated to her other first love either than music her son Thandolwami, born in the same year.

2006 saw her releasing a power packed sophomore album simply entitled “Dance with Me”, the album though confused to be an RnB offering because of the title track with has a strong RnB “stepping” feel, is actually yet another showcase Swazi Dlamini’s use f her voice in jazz, gospel, blues and African styles of music. She features another vocal Powerhouse who is well known in the jazz fraternity, who she worked with in her days of being a backing singer, Gloria Bosman. One can feel the energy they share in “Sing a happy song” to be electrifying and just amazing. The song that makes this album popular and much loved by all South Africans is her rendition of the African Renaissance speech by then president Thabo Mbeki “I am an African”, this song speaks about the pride she has in being an African woman and gets everyone feeling very proud to be an African.