THE remaining member of the Soul Brothers, Moses Ngwenya has honoured the final wishes of the band's founder, David Masondo.
David's wish was to write a book. Moses said the book, titled The Life and Times of Soul Brothers, has been written and will hit the shelves on Sunday, 3 September.
He told Daily Sun they had planned to publish a book about their iconic mbaqanga band, but David died before they could.
Speaking about the book, Moses (65) said: “The idea for this book was birthed when Masondo was still alive. We wished to write a biography about our history and share our story with people. The people we started with have all died. We were five when we started as a band, then they died one by one.
“I was involved in a hijacking at the beginning of 2015 and they shot me. Masondo got sick around July of the same year and died. So, this idea didn’t go any further,” he said.
This was until he met someone who was interested in writing a book about them.
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“I met Sydney Maluleke who I knew from Bergville. He used to go with us when we went to shows. He said we needed to write a book, so I saw this was a good idea and it was time. Plus, it was something we wanted to do while Masondo was alive, so it was perfect,” said the musician.
Moses said the book is about their journey.
“It’s about our history, where we were born, how we grew, how we met and started doing music. It's also about where we started, where we’ve performed, the awards we got for our music and how we grew in our individual families. We also spoke to the families of the late members to get more information about them,” he said.
The band was started in 1975 by David, Tuza Mthethwa, Zenzele Mchunu, American Zulu and Moses and they had songs such as Mshoza Wami, Intombi Yam and Mama Ka Sibongile.
Moses is still part of Soul Brothers with new members, Thokozani Radebe, Nkosinathi Ngwenya, Thami Khulu and Sphamandla Masondo, who is David’s son.
