Mpho Molikeng Music (Band & Solo)

Mpho Molikeng Music : (Band & Solo)
- Is a contemporary Basotho traditional music band.
The band was first formed in 2009 by Mpho Molikeng and friends with a passion for Lesotho music as ‘Likoefa’ (a term that loosely translates to Macho men). The main instruments of the band are Sekhankula (a bow made of oil can), Moropa (Basotho drum made of tyre tubes and bottle tops), and voices. The band has recently added a classical bass guitar and a few other Lesotho indigenous gems like Lesiba, Thomo & Mokhope.
THE BAND IS COMPRISED OF:
1) Mpho Molikeng – Voice, Lesiba, Mokhope, Sekhankula and percussions
2) Kabelo ‘Sefako’ Makolometse – Voice, Sekhankula and praise-poetry
3) Rethabile ‘Koete’ Motale – Voice, drums, and praise-poetry
4) Lebo Ketlele – Bass
5) Mosoeu Ketlele - Percussion and voice
Their sound is a cross between Famo, Ntlamu, and Afro-jazz.

MPHO MOLIKENG ARTIST/SOLO :
- a Lesotho-born multi-facet artist. He is a curator, actor, author, musician, poet, painter, storyteller, and cultural activist/entrepreneur.
Molikeng plays many African instruments such as Lesiba, Mamokhorong, Setolotolo, Mbira, Thomo, and many others.
In 1995, he studied Fine Arts at Bloemfontein College (now Motheo TVET) and Drama at Soyikwa Theatre Institute in 1998.
* Oscillations Residency with the Akademie Der Kunste, Berlin, Germany in 2023
* Produced and directed 'Pina Ea Ts'iloana'(an all-women musical of Lesotho) online show in 2021
* Directed music of 'Maxeke meets Uhadi' performed by Eastern Cape Ensemble for the National Arts Festival 2021 virtual opening.
* Released a single 'Likhomo Mats'ela' 2021
* Composed music for Vincent Mantsoe's 'CUT' (a collaborative short film) 2020
* Featured on Grammy-nominated Ravish Momin and Val Jeanty's 'Turning Jewels into Water' 2020
* Authored articles on the music of Basotho that are published in the musicinafrica.net portal, Bloomsbury Academic Publishing and SAGE Publishing
* In 2016, Molikeng was the co-facilitator at the Music In Africa Instrument Building and Repair Workshop.
* As of 2016, he's been a visiting lecturer at Wits University in Johannesburg and North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.