Margaret Singana

Margaret Singana (born Margaret Mcingana, 1938, Queenstown, Eastern Cape – died 2000) was a South African musician.

In the 1950s Singana moved to Johannesburg, and soon started performing with The Symbols. In 1972 she made "Good Feelings" with the band. She became the first black artist to feature on the Radio 5 hit parade. Singana's song "I Never Loved a Man the Way I Loved You" became a hit. In 1973, Singana was cast as the lead singer in the musical, Ipi Tombi, and soon made herself famous with the song "Mama Tembu's Wedding". She suffered from bad health for many years but, in 1986, she returned to sing "We Are Growing", the theme song from the television series, Shaka Zulu.

Singana received many awards, including the 1976/1977 critics award from the British magazine, Music Week. She was known as "Lady Africa" in Southern Africa.

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Name	Singana, Margaret
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Date of birth	1938
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Date of death	2000
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