Margaret Singana

Margaret M'cingana (stage name: Margaret Singana) (1938-2000) was a South African musician, singer and actress - popularly known as "Lady Africa". Born in Queenstown, she came to Johannesburg to seek fame in the 1950s. A hugely popular singer from the 1960s till the 1980s, she made her name nationally and internationally as a theatre performer in the smash-hit Ipi Ntombi (Ipi Tombi), credited for the world wide hit-song “Mama Thembu’s Wedding”from the show. From there she went on to star in a number of other stage, film and TV shows abroad. During the 1970s judged one of the Artists of the Year by the British magazine Music Week. In 1978 [??**] she suffered a stroke and was confined to a wheel-chair. She returned to South Africa in 19** and died a virtual pauper in 2000. ***

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