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About Me

Originally from South Africa, Durban (Umlazi township); came to America in early childhood, raised & live in Chicago but SA will always be my home home. That's where my heart and spirit lives and gains nourishment, energy and renewal. I'm primarily an artist and fitness instructor. I like to sing, dance, teach children, write poetry & short stories, study languages, (Zulu, Spanish, German, Italian), study people, places and cultures, travel, have fun, live stress free & drama free, and educate, enlighten and inspire people.KUNJANI WEBAFOWETHU? NITHINI WEBAFOWETHU? HAYI NGIKHONA LA EMELIKA!! KODWA, BAKITHI KHUMBULA UBUNTU, YAZI, KHUMBULA. KHUMBULA UKUTUBANI. REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE.

My Interests

Music, performing, writing, poetry, learning languages, working out, learning new things, ice skating, horseback riding, swimming, sky diving, traveling, playing and meeting new interesting people. I like intellectuals with a fire within and an artistic flair.

I'd like to meet:

International guys from around the world, who are well travelled, lived in other parts of the world, multi-lingual,(so you can teach me), preferably 32-50yrs, intellectual, adventurous, passionate, creative, fun-loving, well grounded, thoughtful and insightful. If this profile sounds like you, send me a note. And a shout out to all my people from South Africa,scattered around the world. WHAT'S UP! HOWZIT? NINJAAANNI?

Music:

R&B, Soft rock, Reggae, Hip Hop, Kwaito-(KWAITO RULES),Maskandi, Mbaqanga,Isicathamiya, South African artists; Malaika, Bongo Maffin, Trompies, Thandiswa,Mafikizolo (love them), Mzekezeke, Lebo, Ntando, Zola, Ringo, Rebecca, Brenda Fassie (uBrenda), Kabelo, Mdu, Mandoza, LBM, Bayete, Mbongeni Ngema, M.Makeba, Zim, Sipho Gumede,Moses, Hugh, Mpume,Mzwakhe Mbuli,Adillah,Phuzekemisi, Shwi Nomtekhala, Sankamota, Soul Brothers, UB40, Matisyahu, Le Nubiannes, Jill Scott, Lauryn Hill, MJ, Janet Jackson,Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley, Sean Paul, Shaggy, Barry Manilow, Ray Charles, Bay City Rollers, Queen, New Edition, Boys to Men, Jackson Five, Mary J Blige, Jamie Foxx, Tupac, all kinds of folks,etc, etc.

Movies:

Favorite movies: It's A Wonderful Life, Sound of Music, Lion King, Life is Beautiful, When Harry Met Sally, Mrs. Doubtfire, Titanic, Hotel Rwanda, Crash and also Umoja, Ipi Ntombi, Amandla!, Yesterday, Tsotsi and Shaka Zulu. Some of these movies I know word for word. :)

Television:

Good Times (classic tv), AMC, Classic B&W movies, Proud Family, Arthur, A&E, CNN, MSNBC, I'm a news junkie, American Idol, and History Channel.

Heroes:

My parents, my family, ancestors kwaJobe, myself and my son S'Bu. I also admire & respect those who live truthfully and honestly, know who they are and what they stand for, people of principle and substance, spiritually strong, well grounded, and care about the human family. That's all, a rather simple list :)