Fashioning Modern Africanism

Producer and composer, Lebo M and Angela Ngani-Casara are set to go their separate ways after another attempt to build a family.  The couple have previously been married to one another. “We had hoped that the third attempt would have been the final one in both our lives,” said the couple in a joint statement.   “We have tried hard and we are proud of our efforts. Regrettably we simply did not connect,” they concluded.   The couple recently featured in their TV reality show,  Lebo M – Coming Home  on Showmax, which has been nominated for a 2021 South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTA) for Best Structured Soap Reality Show.     The couple request privacy as they try to heal and navigate the new chapters of their

Lebo M - Coming Home  is the third Original reality series this year from Showmax, after  Somizi & Mohale: The Union  broke the overall first-day viewing record on Showmax and  Life With Kelly Khumalo  became the fastest Showmax Original to top one million views.  The trailer starts, like   The Lion King , with Lebo M’s distinctive voice singing, “Nants’ Ingonyama,” from   The Circle Of Life , off Hans Zimmer’s Oscar-winning soundtrack to the animated classic.   “I’ve worked with some of the biggest and greatest, most talented people in the world,” says Lebo M, who’s won a Grammy, been nominated for a Tony for his work on the highest-grossing Broadway production of all time, executive produced the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, had his songs streamed over 250 million times on Spotify alone, and won the 2020 DStv Mzansi Viewer’s Choice 1Life Legend Award.  But now, Lebo M says, “I’m re-entering a phase in my life as a family man… Family has always been th

He’s the first voice you hear in   The Lion King , a highlight of Hans Zimmer’s Oscar-winning soundtrack .  He’s won a Grammy, been nominated for a Tony for his work on the highest-grossing Broadway production of all time, executive produced the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, had his songs streamed over 250 million times on Spotify alone, and won the 2020 DStv Mzansi Viewer’s Choice 1Life Legend Award.  Now the circle of life has brought Soweto-born Lebo M back to South Africa, where he’s currently in production on  Lebo M - Coming Home , the next Showmax Original reality series, launching in November 2020.    While the 10-part show will give fans a front-row seat to his career as he creates new music with the likes of Zahara, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Judith Sephuma, and his daughter Refi, it will also turn the spotlight onto his biggest dream: bringing his family together.    Lebo M has been married three times, helping to raise nine children along the way,