Lazarus Chigwandali

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Lazarus Chigwandali is a Malawian musician. [1] [2] [3] He is a person with albinism. [3]

Life

He was raised in the village of Nankumba where he was treated with disdain because of his condition. His younger brother used to perform with him until he died of skin cancer, due to his albinism. [4]

After being discovered performing on the streets of Lilongwe, he recorded his debut album with Swedish producer Johan Hugo. [3] [5] A film about Lazarus, produced by Madonna, featured at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2019. [3] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Musowa, Pemphero. "Lazarus: From the streets to the world stage". Kulinji. Archived from the original on April 25, 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "Lazarus Is the Malawi Street Musician Fighting Against the Persecution of People With Albinism". OkayAfrica. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Savage, Mark (25 April 2019). "Meet Lazarus: The albino superstar who cheated death" . Retrieved 25 April 2019– via www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. ↑ "Meet Lazarus, the Malawian musician destroying myths about albinism". BBC News. 2019-04-24. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
  5. ↑ Sundu, Yvonnie (27 March 2019). "Chigwandali drops new single". Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  6. ↑ Sundu, Yvonnie (15 March 2019). "Chigwandali heads to Tribeca". Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.


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