The musical journey of a Mamelodi woman took a turn for the best after she started singing in Chinese Mandarin.

Motswedi Modiba is currently taking part in one of the biggest musical competitions in China and she is making great progress.

 

 

The 26-year-old, who was raised in Mamelodi, northeast of Pretoria, is in the group stages of the competition and has been making waves on social media platform Tik Tok for her impressive performances in Mandarin, the native Chinese language.

She is affectionately known as Moe, which is a short version of her name. Moe learnt Chinese from grade one when she attended the popular Pretoria Chinese School.

She is regarded as the first black person to participate in one of China’s biggest competitions and has impressed the judges with her voice.

Her Chinese journey took a turn for the best after she started plplaying music videos of herself singing in Chinese.

The videos went viral and she was then invited to participate in the competition

“It has been incredible, challenging and trying for me. My life has changed over the two months, and I know it is going to continue to change as time goes on. I’m grateful to have done this,” she said.

The music icon is believed to have several international gigs lined up as her followers can’t get enough of her.

She added that she is forever grateful for the opportunity.

Modiba is currently living in New York, where she is doing her Master’s in music through the Manhattan School of Music. She moved to China for the Sing! China competition two months ago