[3] Born in Cape Town, South Africa, and raised in Swakopmund, Namibia,[1] he was a member of the Mascato Youth Choir in childhood, and was later associated with the band Afroshine, best known for their 2008 single "Ti Mama".
[1] He moved to Edmonton, Alberta after marrying a Canadian woman he had met while touring Canada,[1] and works primarily as a children's entertainer and educator on African music and culture.
[4] He was the subject of Memoirs of the Motherland, a short documentary film, in 2019.
[4] Falling in Africa was released concurrently with Grazing Back Home, a children's picture book created in collaboration with writer Tololwa Mollel and illustrator Jason Blower.
[5] He was a Western Canadian Music Award nominee for Best Children's Entertainer in 2021.