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'Nqoba Zibuko' Nqoba Zibuko (real name Manqoba Njabulo Mazibuko) is an underground unsigned rapper from Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Pietermaritzburg (native name umGungundlovu), is a city in the province of KwaZulu Natal and is historically tied to the Zulu kingdom, having been the royal home of Zulu King Dingane kaSenzangakhona (Shaka's brother). Nqoba Zibuko hails from the township of Sobantu in Pietermaritzburg, one of the oldest townships in the city. Although little known about this township, Sobantu is recorded as having experienced one of the worst floodings in South African history, the Sobantu Floods of 1987. This is due to how townships in South Africa were structurally built on floodplains as a result of Apartheid spatial planning and are therefore consistently prone to severe flooding. Like many townships in South Africa, Sobantu is set in a backdrop of socioeconomic marginalization and exclusion. Nqoba Zibuko reflects this background through his rap lyrics, which are at once highly politicized and grounded in the raw expressive culture of rap music. Nqoba Zibuko is highly articulate and emphatic in his delivery, able to tell stories that have socio-historical significance and conscientize listeners to the problems facing South African society at the moment. His single "Sobantu" (click on link to listen), which is exemplary of Nqoba Zibuko's ouvre can be found on reverbnation.