ZAHARA’S friend Csana is keeping the late singer’s legacy alive.
Csana recorded a song in 2023 before Zahara died, and she’s finally releasing the song titled Emva Kwendlu on Friday, 30 August.
The songstress, whose real name is Nonguquko Mlaza, spoke to Daily Sun about her song and relationship with Zahara.
“Zahara and I had a personal relationship. We met at a wedding in 2013. We were both booked there, and we hit it off. By that time, I was still in the Eastern Cape. When I got to Joburg in 2015, we met again, and she invited me to her house. We started getting along there. She asked about my journey in music and the difficulties I faced. We were friends until she passed in December,” she said,
Csana, who hails from Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape, said the song will educate people about the IsiXhosa culture and language.
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Csana said Emva Kwendlu is about conversations she used to have with Zahara.
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“Emva Kwendlu was recorded last year. However, we had been talking about doing it for a while. She came into the studio I usually recorded in, and we did the song. We are rural girls, as much as we’re in Joburg, but sometimes we would have conversations about going back home. The song is about girls sitting behind the house and looking at things happening around the village. Girls in the village do that a lot.
“We are taking people back to the rural areas. People must expect to feel nostalgia when listening to the song. They will also learn about our culture and the language,” she said.
The single is part of an album that Csana is working on.
The songstress said she misses Zahara.
The Loliwe hitmaker died on 11 December 2023 after struggling with liver complications.
“There are so many things I miss about her. She loved people and had a good heart. She didn’t mind giving you something she loved if you needed it. I’ll always remember her for her ubuntu. She was giving, and I miss her jokes and playfulness. Sometimes, we’d forget we were older because we would play so much,” Csana said.