STORY OF MY LIFE : Afri Events (afrievents)was found by Thulani Ndlovu in 2014 , with years of experience Thulani have been involved in many businesses since 1998 as a senior marketing manager in many mining and construction companies and made successful records with his commitments and professional skills . he is a humble down to earth person who have been in marketing industry for years and have been in love with music since he was born. Thulani who owns a global shinning brand AFRI EVENTS have made waves to all international stars and most celebrities abroad and senior business masters commenting on his skills to run a none fund able business and turn it to a world recognized brand. He is not a politician but have been recognized with many citizens and government officials by creating jobs and sharing skills to the youth not only of South Africa and also around the globe. Born with single mother and raised from a poor family this made Thulani to be wiser and he have never in school passed any class number except number 1 from his primary to senior levels. He did well in all his education attendances and was so active in school that made all schools proud of his good works. Thulani born in 1980 with a 6 brigade batallion Veteran Juilet Sibanda from Bulawayo ,Zimbabwe under Deputy President Joshua Nkomo’s Zapu soldiers and a South African Liberation Struggle activist Thabiso Ndlovu who met Juliet in 1970 in a training in Zambia and later as he moved north and left Juliet as her girlfriend in training and a month pregnant and later gave birth ,days after Zimbabwe’s first freedom day in Nov. 1980 . Thulani grew with his grandmother therefore his father called him Africa before he died on exile after attacked by guerrillas as they tried to cross Zimbabwe back to South Africa few minutes after he left to see his child in Matopo hills as he drove the bus with other South African soldiers that was bombed in KEZI NORTH IN 1987 .Thulani grew up in a hard situation that once her mother got married he will have to take him to different relatives including his grandmother from his fathers side in NANDA , KZN , Durban. As the calling came up Thulani managed to sale fruits and tomatoes in different communities and used to make mud bricks and sell it to the community at the age of 12 for him and his grandmother to survive . he will also plough , cut grass for sale and fire sticks to pay for his school fees as her mother was married 650km distance from where he stayed with her grandmother and he will only see her mother once in a year or sometimes he wont se her if her grandmother have to send him to south Africa to visit his grandmother (fathers side) . Growing in a struggling family opened him a wide brain to fall in love with hardworking and help others to survive . At an age of 14 years Thulani owned a tuck shop that he sold super cools and fat cookies to different schools where he will travel a distance of 25 kilometers by foot to fetch them from a wholesaler .Due to his dark color and language he will face difficulties in schools as some kids used to chase him from play stations acclaiming him to go back to his country in South Africa .After his tuck shop was demolished by one of the feared community member he then left as her grand mother fled him to her mother in another province which it was not easy for him to be accepted as the family members of where his mother was married and had siblings separated him with to share the same love and duties as a kid that eventual made her mother to send her to a christian boarding school where he stayed with a senior church Bishop Of Donsa S.D.A secondary school where he participated in church activities and reformed a Gospel group with a Bishops son Thandolwenkosi Ndhlovu. The group of four boys was called King’s Herald and he was the leader /songwritter , he was there fore recruited as a church youth leader and the group was called in different chruches and schools to sing .the group was then demolished in 1997 as Thulani finished his secondary level and passed very well and that is when her mother sent him back to South Africa where he stayed with his grandmother from his father’s side in 11th street in Alexandra where in 1998 he participated a lot of local programmers and worked as a panel beater in Kew 10th street. When his grand mother lost job he was forced to move to Kzn and stayed in Nanda location where he did not take time to get employment as a panel beater in UMHLANGA Rocks and later joined the renovation company where he proved himself as a cabin fiter , stone engineer and then promoted as a marketer after he finished some evening lessons he attended in Phoenix Indian Settlement where he was trained by Raven Pillay. Who he also used to help him with spraying his cars as he was doing that as his part time job. he visited her mother then he came back to South Africa and found his grand mother ill who later died and left him alone.He started working as a renovator and cabinet installer until he met a sister from E.C ku Qumbu who then claimed he knows some of his relatives in Pietermaritzburg where he later found that it was only surnames and the father of that particular family was in exile with his dad. He was treated as a child of the family and trained more people in PMB and worked as a renovator until he did houses of top politicians and many more .Because of the love of music , Thulani became a dj at a white club where he used to play Rave , Disco and country songs. Discovered by local djs pushed him to record mix tapes and albums of different genres from house, kwaito and hip hop tracks. As the industry was not easy he became popular to business people and the ex Mayor of pietermaritzburg Zanele Hlatshwayo and top business man Themba Njilo, who used to call him to perfom for studients and all municipal functions.Themba Njilo and Vusi Mvelase helped him record an album and he worked with local djs such as Dr Sgoody, Nice, Honest and many .As the municipality got used to the talent they later discovered his talent in renovations as he later renovated houses of many and trained more than 295 boys with renovation skills and later did houses for ministers and municipal people.Thulani continued to work as an underground musician , song writer and event organizer – and was called to be part of the presidential campaigns as a Regional Dj and Sound technician . He put more effort in working with all international giants in music and played desk with many artist and djs of different nation. He also participated as a COSATU Rallys where he worked with people like Big Nuz ,mzwakhe Mbuli , Tira , Tzozo n professor and many and later returned to his renovation business where he opened opportunities to many youth and trained them skills in cabinet making and stone engineering .Because of his dark color he will always face insults of being called a foreigner and sort of names in his own land of which he ignored and later find that xenophobia and Africa phobia was not taken serious and he started to be active and in 2014 he formed Afri Events where he helps to promote all talent. He sold one of his cars and started working on an event to unite Africans. He then worked over an EVENT and called the African born international stars P SQUARE duo and he then organized a big concert in one of the respected places in South Africa Gateway.this was the first event than had a line up of Nigerian Duo and different artist around Africa and he also gave opportunity for the unknown artist to be recognised . He then did a multi global website afrievents where he manages all talent from Africa and all over the world. Thulani’s talent to unite the world through music was stood up by The help of Nondumiso who works in the high commissioner of South Africa in Lagos (Nigeria) who then introduced his idea to the C.E.O of Miracle Day , a Close friend of AKON of Konvict and he helped him a lot wi P square event . and he introduced him to KCEE , DBANJ and many Nigerian stars. He then met Luthrode the C.E.O of L.A Entertainment (la-ent )in Paris who promotes artist such as SEAN PAUL , AKON,RICK ROSS , BUSTA RHYMES and many who introduced him to may international stars .He works was discovered by one of his mentor Kim Kardashian on twitter who later invited him on facebook and and the Kardashian family such and Jenner , khloe .Kim made Thulani a brand where he ended up having all international celebrities and she connected him to the world of celebrities and later on the move got people like Beyonce , Serena Williams,Angelina Joly ,kate, jenifer lopez, Rihanna and many more Thulani who calls himself of his fans as AFRI Ceo have build a classic smart trusted connection with people like Raymond Lopez (VEVO C.E.O) Top Dj ROB NICE and The fast cars businessman Erickson Sam Vierkant and later got Discovered by Roy Alexander of ESCADES HOTEST FEMALE DJs (escadesdjs.net) and carries all top djs in the world and later met Ming Lee a U.S.A woman soldier who introduced me to TRAY SONG who then introduced me to YMCMB RICH GANG, NICKI MINAJ ,LILY WAYNE , AND MANY Thulani have made his brand Afri Events a worldwide brand through his skills in marketing without being on television ever . with his hard-work , he have launched an online fashion store , help models,artist, actors and all talent to grow up . Thulani is now respected abroad and have employed many international people in Miami , California and New York to work under his brand. Thulani is not married ,he have a daughter Yolanda born in 2006 with a separated girlfriend Nomakhosi Zondi from Piertermaritzburg ,Kwazulu Natal . he loves helping people and loves her daughter and all in all he love all those who abused him Afri events as a new born baby brings different artist, actors and more talent to Africa to groom African Talent. Afri Events have been discovered by top radio stations abroad -without a television he became a hero from a Zero
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 17:44:50 +0000