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Gwangwa, Jonas

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Personal name headingGwangwa, Jonas
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Variant(s)Gwangwa Morungwa, Jonas
Morungwa, Jonas Gwangwa
Associated countrySouth Africa U.S.
Birth date1941
Place of birthSoweto, South Africa
Field of activityJazz
Profession or occupationJazz musicians Composers Trombonists
Found inKenyatta, R. Terra nova [SR] p1973: container (Jonas Gwangwa)
Wikipedia, July 30, 2013 (Jonas Gwangwa; Jonas Mosa Gwangwa; b. 1941 in Orlando East, Soweto; important South African jazz figure for over 40 years; played trombone with the Jazz Epistles; left Africa in the early 1970s, returned in 1991)
Artist Direct website, viewed July 30, 2013 (Jonas Gwangwa; composer in addition to being a musician; after leaving South Africa in the 1970s, toured Europe, attended Manhattan School of Music, New York; served ten years as musical director of the NAC cultural ensemble tour, "Amandla")
World news network website (wn.com), viewed July 30, 2013 (Jonas Gwangwa Morungwa; Jonas Gwangwa)