Nandi Madida opens up about her husband Zakes Bantwini’s legacy, and calls him an “innovator and a legend.”
Zakes Bantwini’s biggest fans is none other than his dear wife Nandi Madida. We have spotted her many times at his shows, supporting him and just being in awe of his incredible talent. She recently spoke to Briefly News about Zakes’ legacy and said,
“When you think legacy, icon and like I always say, musical genius, you really do think Zakes Bantwini. It’s without gimmicks because he learned and graduated in music, in Jazz. As a student, before he graduated, he signed L’vovo to his label at the age of 23 years old. In hindsight, it is just incredible.”
She spoke about the legendary work he has done.
“From that, he produced and wrote hits for L’vovo, and those became very big hits. He then created a genre called Durban Kwaito music because Kwaito was big then. They created a space for Durban artists to do such. He was innovative. A few years later he decided to take a leap and become an artist. He released songs like ‘Clap Your Hands’ and ‘You’re Wasting My Time’.”
On reinventing himself and his music, Madida said,
“Zakes has always been good at reinventing himself. I am a fan of the music. His friends and family all love his music, and we could always see the genius both as a producer and then an artist. He is very fortunate to have such talents. His stage presence is always been something that people also love about him.”
