Person
ISNI: 
0000 0000 5246 0253
https://isni.org/isni/0000000052460253
Name: 
Phiri, Chikapa Ray
Phiri, Ray
Phiri, Raymond Chikapa
Phiri, Raymond Chikapa Enock (Wirklicher Name)
Ray Phiri
Ray Phiri (jazzmuzikant uit Zuid-Afrika)
Ray Phiri (South African jazz musician)
Ray Phiri (südafrikanischer Musiker)
Dates: 
1947-
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Creation role: 
author
Related names: 
Jabavu Queens (isAffiliatedWith)
Stimela (Musical group) (isAffiliatedWith)
Notes: 
African wave [VR], 1998 title frame (Ray Phiri) container (Chikapa Ray Phiri; South African musician known for lyrics of social conscience)
Associated Group: Jabavu Queens
Associated Group: Stimela (Musical group) Cannibals (Musical Group : South Africa) naf
Jazz Mbaqanga (Music) Reggae music Soul music
No easy walk to freedom [SR] p1998 insert (Stimela; founded by Ray Phiri and Isaac Mtshali)
Singers Guitarists
Washington post WWW site, viewed July 14, 2017 (Ray Phiri; died July 12 [2017], Nelspruit; he was 70; Raymond Chikapa Enock Phiri was born on March 23, 1947, in what is now the eastern South African province of Mpumalanga, and grew up near Nelspruit; as a teenager he played with Jabavu Queens, an outfit that practiced the mbaqanga style of Zulu-inspired dance music, before joining the Cannibals, a hit 1970s soul group; according to the reference site AllMusic, the band released 29 gold singles and three gold albums until singer Jacob Radebe died in 1979, leading Mr. Phiri to strike out on his own and form Stimela)
Wikipedia, Sep. 4, 2013 (Ray Phiri; Raymond Chikapa Phiri; b. Mar. 23, 1947; South African jazz, fusion and mbaqanga musician; b. in Nelspruit, East Transvaal (now Mpumalanga province); was part of Paul Simon's Graceland project in 1985; does vocals, guitar; jazz, jazz fusion, reggae, mbaqanga) viewed July 14, 2017 (born near Nelspruit; died 12 July 2017, Nelspruit)
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