Multi-talented, multi-disciplined Nomusa Xaba was born in Chicago, IL and is veteran of the Civil Rights Movement. During those years she was trained a community organizer and served in her native Chicago and in rural Mississippi, her ancestral home. She credits her family and the Civil Rights movement with instilling in her a keen awareness of the potential of all human beings and she uses that awareness to motivate and inspire her audiences.
As a performing artist Mama Nomusa, as she is affectionately known by her audiences, has amassed a wealth of games, songs and stories that allow the audience to interact with the performance. These performances have occurred in numerous venues, schools, churches, museums and libraries all over the United States, Canada and East Africa. She and her family spent 2 years performing in Canada and 3 years teaching school and performing in Tanzania, East Africa. These were memorable and unique experiences that she shares in her presentations.
Mama Nomusa uses an array of indigenous African instruments including the Mbira (African thumb piano), Shekere (a beaded gourd), Ngoma (wooden xylophone), bells, tambourines, drums, etc. To enhance her stories, which come from the vast reservoir of folk stories which permeate the African continent, the Americas and the world.
Mama Nomusa is an artist/educator in process, a real cultural ambassador, always using her skills to improve and better serve the needs of the global community.
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