There is a line in one of Vusi Mahlaselas most beloved songs, When You Come Back , about climbing mountains and reaching for the top of Africas days, thats a mixture of poetry and prophecy.
Because that is exactly what he has spent his life doing.
From Mamelodi township, where he taught himself to play guitar as a boy, to the stage at Nelson Mandelas inauguration, to the arenas of North America alongside Dave Matthews and Paul Simon, Mahlasela has climbed steadily without once losing sight of where he came from or why he started singing.
