Sibongile Khumalo - Revision history

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 She received honorary doctorates from the [[University of Zululand]], [[Rhodes University]] and the [[University of South Africa]].
-For her stage performances, she garnered three Vita Awards.
+For her stage performances, she garnered three Vita Awards, including Best Performance in a Leading Role for ''[[Buchuland]]''.
 In 2008 she received the [[Order of Ikhamanga]] in silver, among the country’s highest honors for contributions to the arts.

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-After making her debut as Carmen in a production in Durban, she earned wide acclaim for her roles in South African operas and plays, including ''[[UShaka kaSenzangakhona]]'', ''[[Princess Magogo kaDinuzulu]]'' and ''[[Gorée]]'', all of which toured internationally.
+After making her debut as Carmen in a production of the opera in Durban in 1997, she earned wide acclaim for her roles in South African operas and plays, including ''[[UShaka kaSenzangakhona]]'', ''[[Princess Magogo kaDinuzulu]]'' and ''[[Gorée]]'', all of which toured internationally. She won a Vita ward for her performance as Ma-Bantjies in the opera, ''[[Buchuland]]''.
 She collaborated with the scholar Mzilikazi Khumalo (no relation) to create ''[[Princess Magogo kaDinuzulu]]'', billed as the first Zulu opera, centered on the princess’s own compositions. The production toured to the United States in 2004.

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-She taught at the [[University of Zululand]], but she also sought opportunities to reach children who lacked access to major institutions. She held teaching and administrative positions at the [[Fuba Academy of Arts]] in Johannesburg and the [[Madimba Institute of African Music]] in Soweto.
+She taught and researched music at the [[University of Zululand]], but she also sought opportunities to reach children who lacked access to major institutions. She held teaching and administrative positions at the [[Fuba Academy of Arts]] in Johannesburg (heading up the music department) and the [[Madimba Institute of African Music]] in Soweto.
-For a time, she was a board member of the Funda Community College.
+For a time, she was a board member and Arts Centre Coordinator of the Funda Community College.
 In 2003, she was the vice chairman of the [[National Arts Festival]] Committee.

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 =Career=
-She taught at Zululand, but she also sought opportunities to reach children who lacked access to major institutions. She held teaching and administrative positions at the [[Fuba Academy of Arts]] in Johannesburg and the [[Madimba Institute of African Music]] in Soweto.
+She taught at the [[University of Zululand]], but she also sought opportunities to reach children who lacked access to major institutions. She held teaching and administrative positions at the [[Fuba Academy of Arts]] in Johannesburg and the [[Madimba Institute of African Music]] in Soweto.
 For a time, she was a board member of the Funda Community College.

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	She taught at Zululand, but she also sought opportunities to reach children who lacked access to major institutions. She held teaching and administrative positions at the [[Fuba Academy of Arts]] in Johannesburg and the [[Madimba Institute of African Music]] in Soweto.		She taught at Zululand, but she also sought opportunities to reach children who lacked access to major institutions. She held teaching and administrative positions at the [[Fuba Academy of Arts]] in Johannesburg and the [[Madimba Institute of African Music]] in Soweto.
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		+	For a time, she was a board member of the Funda Community College.
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		+	In 2003, she was the vice chairman of the [[National Arts Festival]] Committee.

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	''Wikipedia'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibongile_Khumalo]		''Wikipedia'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibongile_Khumalo]
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		+	[[National Arts Festival]] Souvenir Programme, 2003.

	'Sibongile Khumalo, South Africa’s ‘First Lady of Song,’ Dies at 63', ''[[New York Times]]'', 1 February 2021		'Sibongile Khumalo, South Africa’s ‘First Lady of Song,’ Dies at 63', ''[[New York Times]]'', 1 February 2021

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 Sibongile began studying at age 8 under a respected local music teacher, [[Emily Motsieloa]], focusing on the violin.
-She was awarded a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in music from the [[University of Zululand]] and BA Honours from [[University of the Witwatersrand]].
+She was awarded a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in music from the [[University of Zululand]] and BA Honours from [[University of the Witwatersrand]]. She also obtained a higher diploma in Personnel Management from the [[University of the Witwatersrand]].
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 Sibongile Khumalo was a virtuoso vocalist whose ease of motion between opera, jazz and South African popular music made her a symbol of the country’s new social order after the end of Apartheid. She was born in Soweto on Sept. 24, 1957, to Grace and Khabi Mngoma. Her mother was a nurse; her father was a scholar and musician who helped found the music department at the [[University of Zululand]].
-Ms. Khumalo’s husband, the actor and director [[Siphiwe Khumalo]], died in 2005.
+Ms. Khumalo’s husband was the actor and director [[Siphiwe Khumalo]], who died in 2005.
 She died after a long illness on 28 January 2021. She was 63.