Thulani known as Afri to his fans is a Southern African musician, recording artist, a songwriter and a DJ that has been involved in many businesses since 1998 as a senior marketing manager in many mining and construction companies and made successful records with his commitments and professional skills. he is a humble down to earth person who has been in the marketing industry for years and has been in love with music since he was born.
Thulani who used to own events organizing company AFRI EVENTS made waves to all international stars and most celebrities abroad when Kim Kardashian posted to her posts on Facebook. Born by ex-combatants parents who met in exile at an Army training base and raised by his grandmother in the village called Njelele in Matopo, this made Thulani a wiser man and he never in school failed any class number except a pass rate of number one since from his primary schooling level to senior levels.
He did well in all his education attendances and was so active in school that made all schools proud of his school performance. Thulani born in 1980 by a 5 brigade battalion Veteran Juilet Sibanda from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe under Deputy President Joshua Nkomo’s Zapu soldiers and a South African Liberation Struggle activist Christopher doctor Jimila Ndlovu. Her parents met in a military base training for the liberation struggle in 1978. His father left her mom where they were camped and trained and moved north not knowing that her partner has conceived and later gave birth, days after Zimbabwe’s first Freedom Day in Nov. 1980. His father had about the baby on her way back to South Africa where he passed by her mothers home and found that he has a son and he named him Christopher his name. On his way back to South Africa his father was killed by Zimbabwean guerrillas in Kezi North by a village called Maphaneni
Thulani grew with his grandmother and grew up in a hard living as the country was hit by Gugurawundi wars and drought in 1988. Her mother got married to another 51 Battalion veteran by a village called Nkayi. Her mother tried to take him to her grandmother in South Africa in 1990 and never find the relatives on where about in Richmond, Pietermaritzburg but was told that of his fathers siblings fled away due to war and some were killed. He then came back with Thulani where she has to take him to different relatives including his siblings of his husband married to in Nkayi.
As the calling came up Thulani managed to sell fruits and tomatoes in different communities and used to make mud bricks and sell it to the community at the age of 12 for him and his grandmother to survive. he will also plough, cut grass for sale and fire sticks to pay for his school fees as her mother was married 650km distance from where he stayed with her grandmother and he will only see her mother once in a year or sometimes he won't see her if her grandmother have to send him to South Africa to visit his grandmother (fathers side) . Growing in a struggling family opened him a wide brain to fall in love with hardworking and help others to survive.
At an age of 14 years, Thulani owned a tuck shop that he sold supercools and fat cookies to different schools where he will travel a distance of 25 kilometers by foot to fetch them from a wholesaler.Due to his dark color and language, he will face difficulties in schools as some kids used to chase him from play stations acclaiming him to go back to his country in South Africa.After his tuck shop was demolished by one of the feared community member he then left as her grandmother fled him to her mother in another province which it was not easy for him to be accepted as the family members of where his mother was married and had siblings separated him with to share the same love and duties as a kid that eventually made her mother to send her to a Christian boarding school where he stayed with a senior church Bishop Of Donsa S.D.A secondary school where he participated in church activities and reformed a Gospel group with a Bishops son Thandolwenkosi Ndhlovu.
The group of four boys was called King’s Herald and he was the leader /songwriter , he was there fore recruited as a church youth leader and the group was called in different churches and schools to sing .the group was then demolished in 1997 as Thulani finished his secondary level and passed very well and that is when her mother sent him back to South Africa where he stayed with his grandmother from his father’s side on 11th street in Alexandra where in 1998 he participated a lot of local programmers and worked as a panel beater in Kew 10th street. When his grandmother lost job he was forced to move to KZN and stayed in Nanda location where he did not take time to get employment as a panel beater in UMHLANGA Rocks and later joined the renovation company where he proved himself as a cabin fitter, stone engineer and then promoted as a marketer after he finished some evening lessons he attended in Phoenix Indian Settlement where he was trained by Raven Pillay who also used to help him with spraying of his cars as he was doing that as his part-time job.
He visited her mother then he came back to South Africa and found his grandmother ill who later died and left him alone.He started working as a renovator and cabinet installer until he met a sister from E.C Ku Qumbu who then claimed he knows some of his relatives in Pietermaritzburg where he later found that it was only surnamed and the father of that particular family was in exile with his dad. He was treated as a child of the family and trained more people in PMB and worked as a renovator until he did houses of top politicians and many more.Because of the love of music, Thulani became a DJ at a white club where he used to play Rave, Disco, and country songs. Discovered by local DJs pushed him to record mixtapes and albums of different genres from house, kwaito, and hip-hop tracks. As the industry was not easy he became popular with business people and the ex-Mayor of Pietermaritzburg Zanele Hlatshwayo and top businessman Themba Njilo, who used to call him to perform for students and all municipal functions.
Themba Njilo and Vusi Mvelase helped him record an album and he worked with local DJs such as Dr. Sgoody, Nice, Honest and many.As the municipality got used to the talent they later discovered his talent in renovations as he later renovated houses of many and trained more than 295 boys with renovation skills and later did houses for ministers and municipal people.Thulani continued to work as an underground musician, songwriter and event organizer – and was called to be part of the presidential campaigns as a Regional Dj and Sound technician. He put more effort in working with all international giants in music and played desk with many artist and DJs of a different nation. He also participated in a COSATU Rally's where he worked with people like Big Nuz, Mzwakhe Mbuli, Tira, Tzozo n professor and many and later returned to his renovation business where he opened opportunities to many youths and trained them skills in cabinet making and stone engineering.Because of his dark color, he will always face insults of being called a foreigner and sort of names in his own land of which he ignored and later find that xenophobia and Africa phobia was not taken seriously and he started to be active and in 2014 he formed Afri Events where he helps to promote all talent. He sold one of his cars and started working on an event to unite Africans.
He then worked over an EVENT and called the African born international stars P SQUARE duo and he then organized a big concert in one of the respected places in South Africa Gateway.this was the first event that had a line up of Nigerian Duo and different artist around Africa and he also gave opportunity for the unknown artist to be recognised . He then did a multi-global website www.afrievents.com where he managed all upcoming talents from Africa and all over the world. Thulani’s talent to unite the world through music was stood up by The help of Nondumiso who works in the high commissioner of South Africa in Lagos (Nigeria) who then introduced his idea to the C.E.O of Miracle Day, a Close friend of AKON of Konvict and he helped him a lot wi P square event . and he introduced him to KCEE, DBANJ, and many Nigerian stars. He then met Luthrode the C.E.O of L.A Entertainment (www.la-ent.com )in Paris who promotes artist such as SEAN PAUL, AKON, RICK ROSS, BUSTA RHYMES and many who introduced him to many international stars.He works was discovered by one of his mentor Kim Kardashian on twitter who later invited him on Facebook and the Kardashian family such and Jenner, Khloe.
Kim made Thulani a brand where he ended up having all international celebrities and she connected him to the world of celebrities and later on the move got people like Beyonce , Serena Williams,Angelina Joly ,Kate, Jenifer Lopez, Rihanna and many more Thulani who calls himself of his fans as AFRI Ceo have build a classic smart trusted connection with people like Raymond Lopez (VEVO C.E.O) Top Dj ROB NICE and The fast cars businessman Erickson Sam Vierkant and later got Discovered by Roy Alexander of ESCADES HOTTEST FEMALE DJs (www.escadesdjs.net) and carries all top DJs in the world and later met Ming Lee a U.S.A woman soldier who introduced me to TRAY SONG who then introduced me to YMCMB RICH GANG, NICKI MINAJ, LILY WAYNE, AND MANY Thulani have made his brand Afri Events a worldwide brand through his skills in marketing without being on television ever . with his hard-work, he has launched an online fashion store, help models, artist, actors and all talent to grow up.
Thulani just released an Album "I WANT TO KNOW YOU BY AFRI" and its available in all digital (online) stores and physical CDs may be ordered via touchafri@gmail.com of a different nation. He also participated in a COSATU Rally's where he worked with people like Big Nuz, Mzwakhe Mbuli, Tira, Tzozo n professor and many and later returned to his renovation business where he opened opportunities to many youths and trained them skills in cabinet making and stone engineering.Because of his dark color, he will always face insults of being called a foreigner and sort of names in his own land of which he ignored and later find that xenophobia and Africa phobia was not taken seriously and he started to be active and in 2014 he formed Afri Events where he helps to promote all talent.
He then met Luthrode the C.E.O of L.A Entertainment (www.la-ent.com )in Paris who promotes artist such as SEAN PAUL, AKON, RICK ROSS, BUSTA RHYMES and many who introduced him to many international stars.He works was discovered by one of his mentor Kim Kardashian on twitter who later invited him on Facebook and the Kardashian family such and Jenner, Khloe.Kim made Thulani a brand where he ended up having all international celebrities and she connected him to the world of celebrities and later on the move got people like Beyonce, Serena Williams, Angelina Joly, Kate, Jenifer Lopez, Rihanna and many more
Thulani who calls himself of his fans as AFRI have build a classic smart trusted connection with people like Raymond Lopez (VEVO C.E.O) Top Dj ROB NICE and The fast cars businessman Erickson Sam Vierkant and later got Discovered by Roy Alexander of ESCADES HOTTEST FEMALE DJs (www.escadesdjs.net) and carries all top DJs in the world and later met Ming Lee a U.S.A woman soldier who introduced me to TRAY SONG who then introduced me to YMCMB RICH GANG, NICKI MINAJ, LILY WAYNE, AND MANY Thulani have made his brand Afri Events a worldwide brand through his skills in marketing without being on television ever . with his hard-work, he has launched an online fashion store, help models, artist, actors and all talent to grow up.
Afri has now respected abroad and works with international promoters in Miami, California and New York.
He just released an Album "I WANT TO KNOW YOU" - DOWNLOAD THE SONG HERE
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