ARTISTS: KAMO MPHELA
CITY & COUNTRY: DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA
VENUE: OAS1SONE
South African born dancer-singer Kamo Mphela, joins forces with Wild Africa and OAS1SONE and over 100 African singer-songwriters in a historic first-ever a world tour series of Music for Wildlife Concerts, to lend their voices in support of wildlife conservation, raise awareness for climate change and plastics pollution, and have their messaging, voices, music and live performances broadcast across several Pan African and global television, radio and streaming platforms.
Kamo Mphela is a South African dancer turned singer. She became an internet sensation following the upload of a video containing her dancing on her social media account. Kamo is a dancer and featured voice behind ‘Sukendleleni and Labantwana Ama Uber’, Amapiano hit songs. Her unique dance moves have gained her popularity.
As a dancer, she has danced to several music genres in the country including gqom, kwaito, pantsula, and then amapiano. Her career in dancing dates to her days as a very young child. She followed her dad, who was a staff at YFM, to shows which opened the door to exposure to a live performance. Eventually, her unique skills in dancing were noticed and since then, she has not looked back. She has been featured in several piano songs. She has had collaborations with SA’s top female artists including Nadia Nakai and Busiswa. She has earned the title ‘Queen of Amapiano’ by her fans with her wonderful Amapiano dance steps. Kamo has also ventured into music and has dropped much-loved songs including Menemene and Suka Emabozeni. She has also dropped EP ‘Twentee’. Lately, she landed a deal with the Major League DJz, Banele, and Bandile Mbere. The record label has the interest to develop her music sound and also push her brand in the industry.
ABOUT WILD AFRICA X OAS1SONE
Wild Africa and OAS1SONE are bringing together artists and musicians from across Africa by lending their voices to support wildlife conservation and have their messaging and music broadcast across several African and global platforms. Thank you for joining us in raising awareness of this important cause.
ABOUT WILD AFRICA
The Wild Africa employs mass communications – such as the Music for Wildlife Concerts and Poaching Steals From Us All campaigns – to raise awareness of poaching, habitat loss and human wildlife conflict. It promotes wildlife tourism and carbon offset as sources of conservation and sustainable development funding. It promotes and directly supports local wildlife programs from offices in Cape Town, Lagos, Harare and Kigali and is running the programs previously under WildAid in South Africa, Nigeria and Zimbabwe.
