Zama Magudulela | |
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Nationality | South African |
Occupation(s) | actor and singer |
Zamavus “Zama” Magudulela is a South African actor and singer who performed the role of Rafiki in the Paris, Madrid and São Paulo productions of The Lion King musical. [1] [2] [3]
Magudulela grew up in Durban and started singing at the age of nine. [4] She was a member of the local gospel choir Umlazi before joining the choir at her college, aged 12. [4]
She has a degree in management and marketing. [4]
Magudulela's first acting job was in Mbongeni Ngema's production of The Zulu Show and then as a backing singer in for Ngema's albums Isimukanandwendwe and Baba kaMdudu. [4]
She worked as a backing singer for Busi Mhlongo before auditioning for The Lion King musical in Melbourne in 2003 and becoming the understudy for the Rafiki shaman character. [4]
In 2006, she joined The Lion King cast in Hamburg, still as the Rafiki understudy, and later joined the Paris cast as the Rafiki main character. [4]
She features in the 2007 recording of the Paris production. [5]
She later performed at Rafiki in the Madrid production of the musical. [1]
From 2019 Magudulela worked as a vocalist at Cirque du Soleil on their production of Totem.
Zama Magudulela | |
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Nationality | South African |
Occupation(s) | actor and singer |
Zamavus “Zama” Magudulela is a South African actor and singer who performed the role of Rafiki in the Paris, Madrid and São Paulo productions of The Lion King musical. [1] [2] [3]
Magudulela grew up in Durban and started singing at the age of nine. [4] She was a member of the local gospel choir Umlazi before joining the choir at her college, aged 12. [4]
She has a degree in management and marketing. [4]
Magudulela's first acting job was in Mbongeni Ngema's production of The Zulu Show and then as a backing singer in for Ngema's albums Isimukanandwendwe and Baba kaMdudu. [4]
She worked as a backing singer for Busi Mhlongo before auditioning for The Lion King musical in Melbourne in 2003 and becoming the understudy for the Rafiki shaman character. [4]
In 2006, she joined The Lion King cast in Hamburg, still as the Rafiki understudy, and later joined the Paris cast as the Rafiki main character. [4]
She features in the 2007 recording of the Paris production. [5]
She later performed at Rafiki in the Madrid production of the musical. [1]
From 2019 Magudulela worked as a vocalist at Cirque du Soleil on their production of Totem.