PJ Powers

PJ Powers is a South African singer and performer. She became a household name in southern Africa after the widespread success of the song “Jabulani”. When she played at the Jabulani Amphitheatre in 1983 she was hailed by the crowd with the name “Thandeka”. On the stage she drank from a calabash as part of the performance to the delight of the audience. World in Union 95, the Ladysmith Black Mambazo version featuring PJ Powers, became an international hit record in 1995. It reached no. 47 in the UK singles charts. PJ Powers garnered attention for her human rights advocacy, philanthropy, and activism against apartheid. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PJ_Powers) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)