Caiphus Semenya (an haife shi a ranar 19 ga watan Agusta 1939)[1] composer ne kuma mawaƙi ɗan Afirka ta Kudu.[2][3] An haife shi a Alexandra, Gauteng, Johannesburg, Afirka ta Kudu.

Caiphus Semenya
Rayuwa
Haihuwa Johannesburg, 19 ga Augusta, 1939 (85 shekaru)
ƙasa Afirka ta kudu
Karatu
Harsuna Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a mawaƙi, mai rubuta kiɗa, saxophonist (en) Fassara da mawakin sautin fim
Ayyanawa daga
Artistic movement jazz (en) Fassara
Kayan kida saxophone (en) Fassara
IMDb nm0783783

Ya bar Afirka ta Kudu zuwa Los Angeles, California, Amurka, a cikin shekarar 1960s, tare da matarsa, mawakiya Letta Mbulu.[4] Daga cikin mawakan da ya yi aiki tare da su akwai Hugh Masekela, Jonas Gwangwa, Hotep Galeta, Miriam Makeba, Lou Rawls, Nina Simone da Cannonball Adderley. Semenya kuma ta shirya waƙar Swahili a cikin gabatarwar "Yarinyar Laberiya" ta Michael Jackson daga kundi mara kyau na shekara ta 1987. [5]

Kyautattuka

gyara sashe
  • 2015: Kyautar South African Afro Music Awards
  • 2015: Kyautar ACT Lifetime Achievement Award for Music
  • 1986: Kyautar Academy Award for Best Original Score for na 1985 fim ɗin The Color Purple; ya raba nadin tare da wasu mawaƙa guda tara.

Discography

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  • The Very Best of Caiphus Semenya (Columbia, 1996)
  • Woman Got a Right to Be(1996
  • Streams Today... Rivers Tomorrow (Munjale, 1984)
  • Listen to the Wind (CBS, 1982)

Tare da Quincy Jones

  • Roots (A&M, 1977)

Manazarta

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  1. "Biography of Caiphus Semenya". Sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  2. "Caiphus Semenya". Discogs.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  3. "Caiphus Semenya: Biography by Steven McDonald". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  4. "Semenya, Caiphus (South Africa)". Music.org.za. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  5. "Liberian Girl", Michaeljackson.com