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The Pop Star with a Prison Past
Nathi Mankayi spent four years in a South African prison. He鈥檚 now a music sensation.
In South Africa, Nathi Mankayi has been winning millions of fans, and many awards, with his heartfelt songs. He writes them from experience and he has had quite an experience. Poverty, crime and an eight-year prison sentence. But in just a few years he's gone from inmate to one of South Africa's top selling recording artists. Outlook's Mpho Lakaje spoke to him.
Image: Nathi Mankayi
Credit: Mankayi Media
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