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Caiphus Semenya

real name Caiphus Katse Semenya

Caiphus Semenya is credited on 679 releases across 156 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1959–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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679

Credits

156

Albums

8

Decades active

318

In collections

Biography

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South African composer, musician, and husband of singer Letta Mbulu.
In the late sixties, he settled in Los Angeles on account of the apartheid policies back home and teamed up with people like Harry Belafonte and Quincy Jones as well as compatriots Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba and Jonas Gwangwa.
In the early nineties the couple returned to South Africa, after 26 years of self-imposed exile.

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Credited work

679 releases · 156 albums · active 1959–2023

  • Performance · 1,511
  • Production · 123
  • Other credits · 95
  • Engineering · 6

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · A&M Studios · Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles · Whisky A Go Go

Discography

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