Tribute to Tiyo Soga

The concert is a collaboration between the Thabo Mbeki Foundation and Classics on Turf, marking the occasion of the former President’s 84th birthday. The name Tiyo Soga resonates most strongly with his contribution to the canon of Christian hymns in isiXhosa, most notably Lizalis’ idinga lakho, the ‘unofficial’ anthem of resistance to colonial oppression before there was Nkosi sikelel’ iAfrika. Johannesburg will be treated to the artistry of Mandisi Dyantyis with a choir and full orchestra, tastefully re-interpreting hymns that have been a part of our South African consciousness for well over a century.