Biography
Son of political refugees from the former South African segregationist state, freed by Nelson Mandela in 1994, Thamisanqa, or simply Thami, was born in Hanover (Germany) on the 21st of January, 1970.
At the age of four, after the separation of his parents, Thamisanqa, his elder brother Matheas, and his mother move to Heidelberg where Thami attends German schools right up to the first years of secondary education.
In 1984, due to Matheas' tragic death, occurred in a road accident, Mrs. Molepo decides to change scenery by moving to Africa with Thamisanqa. Unable to return to her country of origin, for her active struggle against Apartheid, Harare (Zimbabwe) becomes their home for the following years. Thamisanqa attends a British High School, during that period, before returning to Europe, in 1988, and more precisely to the eternal city of Rome (Italy).
The subject of our story graduates from St. George's British International School, in 1989, and the year after enrols in Vanna Polverosi's "Laboratorio Cinema", where his acting/singing career begins under the stage name: Thami Dee. However, in 1998 he abandons that pseudonym to regain possession of his real name and surname.
Thamisanqa, in addition to his passion for the fine arts, is a civil and human rights activist, as well as a proud father of four children...
