Maxy

Maxy (real name Olebile Sedumedi) is a female artist from Botswana who grew up in a music environment. Best known as Queen of the Sands, her love for music began at a tender age. She has done most genres, from traditional music, pop, to gospel and is a power house that has been likened to the late Brenda Fassie.

Maxy took centre stage and earned her place amongst the country’s leading talented artists as a female vocalist in the country. She soon dominated and became a regular feature on the music scene at festivals, concerts and corporate gigs both locally and abroad.

In 2000 she earned a household name through her Sesarwa song dubbed ‘Kalahari’ (Uwe Uwe). The track became her biggest hit in traditional song history. It had a fair share of launching her in the industry and in 2008 she founded a pop group called Digauta. That same year she released an album called ‘Digauta’ followed by Digauta Vol2 titled ‘Banna Ba Mono’.

Maxy is the first SADC representative to perform at the annual biggest festivals in Africa, Femua 7, in Abidjan and Ivory Coast. In 2004 she moved to South Africa and her relocation almost destroyed her career at the same time trying to maintain a proper posture. Shortly afterwards, a gospel album was released under the late Brenda Fassie’s name but it turned out it was Maxy who sang the songs.