Khaya Dlanga
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
they're so joyous and then i got up and i joined them and i started singing and every single time and i felt this i almost i think i almost felt her presence my mother's presence and i felt like god's presence and i was like wow at that moment i was feeling so broken and weak and unable i was like wow, I know I can speak now. I know I can speak.
they're so joyous and then i got up and i joined them and i started singing and every single time and i felt this i almost i think i almost felt her presence my mother's presence and i felt like god's presence and i was like wow at that moment i was feeling so broken and weak and unable i was like wow, I know I can speak now. I know I can speak.
And I got up and what, in fact, I didn't even make the speech that I'd prepared in my mind. I literally got up and sang. And which I would never do in public. And I urge anybody not to try to hear me singing in public. And I started singing. What did you sing? I sang, there's a song by, a very traditional Xhosa song that was made famous by also a Xhosa singer.
And I got up and what, in fact, I didn't even make the speech that I'd prepared in my mind. I literally got up and sang. And which I would never do in public. And I urge anybody not to try to hear me singing in public. And I started singing. What did you sing? I sang, there's a song by, a very traditional Xhosa song that was made famous by also a Xhosa singer.
And he's, which is like, this is my mother who has raised me. And then there's this big photo and I was holding this photo of her and singing this song. And then I just started speaking quite joyously about her. Very brief, very short. And then I was like, next week when I go back to Joburg, I'm going to church. And that was it. And that's when I started, that's why I started going to church.
And he's, which is like, this is my mother who has raised me. And then there's this big photo and I was holding this photo of her and singing this song. And then I just started speaking quite joyously about her. Very brief, very short. And then I was like, next week when I go back to Joburg, I'm going to church. And that was it. And that's when I started, that's why I started going to church.
So when had you stopped going to church? I stopped probably going to church maybe 2006. This is when you got a million subscribers on YouTube.
So when had you stopped going to church? I stopped probably going to church maybe 2006. This is when you got a million subscribers on YouTube.
Who needs God?
Who needs God?
In fact, that's how I first got into charge of Caesar, actually. YouTube. Wow. Yeah. I think we mailed each other. Wow, you slid into his DMs.
In fact, that's how I first got into charge of Caesar, actually. YouTube. Wow. Yeah. I think we mailed each other. Wow, you slid into his DMs.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's a wild thing. She did mail me. But I mean, she was like 13.
It's a wild thing. She did mail me. But I mean, she was like 13.
um she sent me an email because obviously because she was watching my videos on youtube as a 13 year old and she knew us from south africa so she sent me an email she said hi my name is amala zandi lejamini and my father is dumisani he's this famous actor in south africa he was in sarafina i'm trying to get hold i've never met him wow when i get hold of him
um she sent me an email because obviously because she was watching my videos on youtube as a 13 year old and she knew us from south africa so she sent me an email she said hi my name is amala zandi lejamini and my father is dumisani he's this famous actor in south africa he was in sarafina i'm trying to get hold i've never met him wow when i get hold of him
and would you find a way to get me in touch with him? And I felt so blessed My heart, like, I was like, she's 13. She's like a child.
and would you find a way to get me in touch with him? And I felt so blessed My heart, like, I was like, she's 13. She's like a child.