{"id":9681,"date":"2021-08-01T10:49:52","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T08:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/?p=9681"},"modified":"2021-08-01T10:49:52","modified_gmt":"2021-08-01T08:49:52","slug":"the-talented-ndumiso-manana-on-the-rise-to-the-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/2021\/08\/01\/the-talented-ndumiso-manana-on-the-rise-to-the-top\/","title":{"rendered":"The Talented Ndumiso Manana, On The Rise To The Top!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grammy award winning singer-songwriter, Manana, hails from The Kingdom of Eswatini, currently based in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old artist whose full name is Ndumiso Manana, has grown to prominence on South Africa&#8217;s music scene and is a musical interloper.<\/p>\n<p>He has written songs for Ami Faku for &#8220;eBhayi&#8221;, Amanda Black for &#8220;Africa&#8221; and Sauti Sol for &#8220;Feel My Love and Fire&#8221;. Manana has a Jazz background and is part of the band Seba Kaapstad, alongside Zo\u00eb Modiga. He\u2019s song writing credits include Burna Boy, Jon Vinyl and Sauti Sol.<\/p>\n<p>When Nigeria\u2019s Burna Boy\u2019s album\u00a0Twice as Tall\u00a0came out tops in the Best Global Music Album category at the 63rd Grammy Awards, little did Manana know that the win would be a life-changing moment for him. He walked away with a Grammy for his contribution on a song on the album titled \u2018Time Flies\u2019, featuring Sauti Sol.<\/p>\n<p>His debut project, \u2018In the Beginning was the End\u2019 boasts the now well-known song \u2018Euphoria\u2019, which is a heartfelt love song that simply describes the feeling of being in love, as if it is the first, only, and best love that has ever existed.<\/p>\n<p><em>In the Beginning was the End <\/em>is a seven-track EP that <a href=\"https:\/\/hypemagazine.co.za\/2021\/01\/12\/manana-is-apple-musics-latest-artist-spotlight\/\">was inspired by Manana&#8217;s marriage<\/a> and shows off his vocal range and lyrical skill. The heart-wrenching songs intertwine modern themes of shame culture and masculinity.<\/p>\n<p>If Manana\u2019s contribution to the music scene is anything to go by, he definitely has a bright future ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to Manana\u2019s music on The Global Experience hosted by Just Mo every Sunday, 2PM-6PM.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Manana on socials:<\/p>\n<p>Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/officialmanana\/<\/p>\n<p>Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialManana<\/p>\n<p>Facebook:\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ndumiso.dumanana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Make sure to tune into tune into YFM on 99.2 or via streaming on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/\">www.yfm.co.za<\/a>, the YFM app or DStv channel 859.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grammy award winning singer-songwriter, Manana, hails from The Kingdom of Eswatini, currently based in Johannesburg. The 27-year-old artist whose full name is Ndumiso Manana, has grown to prominence on South Africa&#8217;s music scene and is a musical interloper. He has written songs for Ami Faku for &#8220;eBhayi&#8221;, Amanda Black for ...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1026],"tags":[1027],"class_list":["post-9681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-global-experience","tag-the-global-experience"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/unnamed-1.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}