MUSICIAN Midnight Uzo accepts her ancestral calling.
Midnight Uzo, who's the daughter of former ANC Women's League president Bathabile Dlamini, is now called mkhulu.
This is because she has inherited her mkhulu's ancestral calling.
She said it's not yet clear if she'll need to have an indumba and heal people, but she'll continue with her life and allow her ancestors to guide her.
The 28-year-old musician, whose real name is Skhumbuzo Mazibuko from Pietermaritzburg, KZN Midlands, said she has known about her calling for a while and has decided to accept it.
She told Daily Sun that she's unsure if the mkhulu from whom she inherited her calling is the same one from whom she inherited her musical talent.
"What I know is that all my grandfathers were good musicians, but there was one who had an ancestral calling and passed it on to me. For now, I'm slowly taking it step by step, allowing my ancestors to tell me what to do because they are the ones who gave me this gift," she said.
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Midnight Uzo, who recently released her single Hayi featuring kwaito legend Professor Langa, said she won't stop making music.
She graduated with an honours degree in musicology from Stellenbosch University in 2023.
In the same year, she released a six-track EP titled New Genesis, which she described as her new beginning in the music industry.
As a talented songwriter and trombone player, Midnight Uzo credits her musical gifts to her grandparents - her gogo, a pianist, and her mkhulu, a choirmaster.
In 2016, she briefly ventured into politics, attempting to follow in her mum's footsteps by starting a women's national desk. But she soon realised that her true passion lay in music, not politics.
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