Nakhane

thumb|Nakhane_live_at_Omeara Nakhane (born Nakhane Lubabalo Mavuso, 3 February 1988) is a South African singer, songwriter, actor, and novelist. They were formerly known by the stage name Nakhane Touré. Having grown up in a Christian community in Gqeberha Port Elizabeth, they moved to Johannesburg at fifteen, leaving the church in 2013 and publicly celebrating their queerness with their debut album Brave Confusion. Quotes I needed it for me. I needed to take back my power, image, and likeness and give the world what I wanted it to see me as. Not some suits. And so I took what was a limitation, which was being an independent artist and having to work with a smaller budget, and I was like, 'This is also an opportunity for you to grow and face yourself.' 'What's the lesson here, Nakhane?' That's all I was asking myself. The Return of Nakhane For me, queerness is seeing a new perspective, seeing things from a different way. And not necessarily answering things but experimenting”, they tell me as their eyes light up. Queer has always upturned, unseated and is “always forging forward, or left! Not Done: An Interview With Nakhane Music for me has always been there. It’s in my body. I was singing myself to sleep since I was four years old. I used to sing and walk to the bus station. I still do that, even though I live in London and people give me looks. [Laughs] And words gave me a sense of belonging, you know. I realized, “Oh, okay, I can read something, and it can make me feel something.” Nakhane Talks Love, Evolution, and “New Brighton” I had never really called myself a storyteller – it was not necessarily a skill I didn’t have, but it wasn’t a skill that I was particularly interested in cultivating. But I wondered if I was not interested in these things because I couldn’t do them, or because I was deficient. Nakhane: “You Don’t Have to Kill Yourself Chasing Love” External Links Category:Musicians Category:Artists from South Africa Category:LGBT people Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:People from South Africa Category:Singers from South Africa