Lira
South African singer · South Africa · On the map · Musicians · Born 1979 · age 47
Lerato Moipone Molapo, known professionally as Lira, is a South African singer. Her name translates to "love" in Sesotho and she speaks four languages.
Lira is read about 33 times a day, in 13 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 20 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
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, And for the first time, I saw how my own music had the power to connect with different races. In those spaces it didn't matter that I was black. It didn't matter that I was young.
We need to own our space. We need to own our career. We need to own our creativity. We need to know that it's possible.
If you don't invest in yourself, who do you expect to do that?
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About this person
She is a multi-platinum selling and an 11-time South African Music Award (SAMA)-winning Afro-soul vocalist, who refers to her music as "a fusion of soul, funk, elements of jazz and African."
