Thandiswa Mazwai

South African musician
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Summary

Thandiswa Mazwai was born on March 31, 1976[1], in South Africa[2]. She has worked as a singer[3] and singer-songwriter[4]. She ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (304 views/month, #7,272 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: South Africa[6]
  • Member of: Bongo Maffin[7]
  • Sex or gender: female[8]
  • Genre: jazz[9]
  • Record label: Gallo Record Company[10]
  • Commons category: Thandiswa Mazwai[11]
  • Instrument: voice[12]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[13]
  • Start of work period: 1998[14]
  • Sibling: Ntsiki Mazwai[15]
  • P14750: 16CD-B37B-529C-5C46-A92F[16]

Why It Matters

Thandiswa Mazwai has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] She is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

FAQs

Where was Thandiswa Mazwai born?

Thandiswa Mazwai was born in South Africa[2].

What did Thandiswa Mazwai do for work?

Thandiswa Mazwai worked as a singer[3] and singer-songwriter[4].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → Bongo Maffin
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 9d ago · Aboubacarkhoraa · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → Thandiswa Mazwai
    Sitelink count → 17
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'commons', 'da', 'dag', 'de', 'en', 'fi', 'fr', 'hu', 'pt', 'st', 'sw',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Commons category: Thandiswa Mazwai"
  3. 12d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 17
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'commons', 'da', 'dag', 'de', 'en', 'fi', 'fr', 'hu', 'pt', 'st', 'sw',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||de */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57985|batch #57985]]: Import missing aliases from dewiki 2/3"
  4. 10w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Record label → Gallo Record Company
    Occupation → —
    Place of birth → South Africa
    Genre → jazz
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46230|batch #46230]]: HAND ID (0)"
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