Sam Tshabalala is a South African singer and guitarist . June 27th 1955.

Singer and guitarist of the band The Malopoets, the first South African black musicians performing at the Market Theater in Johannesburg , he is considered a hero of cultural resistance to the apartheid regime then in place in his country.

For more than 20 years, he lives in France .

His music combines elements of the musical and choreographic traditions of black South African cultures with jazz , funk or reggaerhythms. His songs tell the often painful story of South Africa, the hopes of the people and the life in the townships , in many languages ​​among which are Zulu , shangaan , tswana and English. The melodies of these songs are paradoxically sweet and joyful.