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DETERMINED: Nomfundo Xaluva

 The other benefits were that I had access to a piano and I was part of the school choir, which I really enjoyed and which nurtured my love for the piano 

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Xaluva was born and raised by her grandparents in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape.

"It feels weird when people ask me about my siblings because my uncles and my aunts became my siblings," she says.

Xaluva attended boarding school throughout her school life and worked hard to succeed.

"It helped to be a boarder because it taught me to be disciplined".

"The other benefits were that I had access to a piano and I was part of the school choir, which I really enjoyed and which nurtured my love for the piano," Xaluva says.

She was determined to study jazz so she enrolled for a BA in jazz at the University of Cape Town in 2003.

For her master's she did her dissertation on the music of Mama Afrika and titled it The Analysis of the musical style of Miriam Makeba.

When Xaluva was given an opportunity to perform with Sibongile Khumalo in a tribute concert for Makeba she didn't hesitate for a minute.

She says she was delighted to write the script for the concert because she already had the information from her dissertation.

Among the many gigs she has done locally and internationally, she says, the most memorable was the Dianne Reeves concert at Montecasino in Fourways, Gauteng.

"When I heard I was going to be the opening act I didn't believe it. But after performing with Dianne she told the crowds that if music were in the hands of people like me then music was in good hands. I was taken aback and in tears," she says

Xaluva's album, titled Kusile, will be in stores in September.

She says: "I am just waiting to put my signature on the contract and sort out all the legal matters."

She is a vocal coach at the Cape Academy of Performing Arts and is currently performing at the Standard Bank Grahamstown National Arts Festival.

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Thu May 23 06:34:38 SAST 2013 ::

Jul 5, 2012

Jozi40

Is she related to Jayson?
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Jul 5, 2012

2nevvy4u

i have to go this Eastern Cape, the way the nigeriaaans are preachiiiing about the women out there.
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Jul 5, 2012

Tango

She looks older than 27
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Jul 5, 2012

Skomoro99

@ 2nevvy4u

I second u on that,Xhosa ladies r beautiful baba,i dnt even want 2 talk of ikhekhe labo coz kuyanyiwa lapho lol.The only bad thing about Xhosa ladies is being stubbon n violent.
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Jul 5, 2012

Mbeva

@Tango

'She looks older than 27"

Agree.May be it is the angle of the camera

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Jul 5, 2012

2nevvy4u

@Skomoro-im working with Nigerians and Gananians bro the way this guys a praising EC moerrr they say you wake up with a girl and you'll think you are dreaming.Bra im starting to save gannyane gannyane by the 17 of September 2016 im going there for two weeks nje kikikikikikikiki maybe i'll come with a take-away.kikikikikikiki
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Jul 5, 2012

DjEp

Firstly she looks older than 55 and secondly music is nothing to boast about any taxi driver can sing you didnt have to go to school to learn how to sing. I thot u had a PhD in CA or Engineering something.
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Jul 5, 2012

Skomoro99

@ 2nevvy4u

LOL,u dont have to go 2 EC baba,Alex has got sum Xhosa ladies n they also the same as the ones in EC.If u hv never been with one,try it but u wont leave without one.They really know their stuff in bedroom.I once had one who made my body vibrate uncontrolable baba,i still miss that lady.
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Jul 5, 2012

DjEp

@Skomoro99
Kwakwakwaaaa, "..made my body vibrate uncontrolable baba...."
at least you learned that u can vibrate when times are good, thats Ayoba!
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Jul 5, 2012

2nevvy4u

@Skomoro-nha i want those from khona daar EC,those who are ko jozi knows how to hide iparcel,phela they say they are beautifull phansi na phezulu.kikikikikiki
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