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Jerusalema ... IN JERUSALEM

Nomcebo Zikode admits that she was in a dark place when she came up with the lyrics for her and Master KG’s global hit Jerusalema. “Master KG played the beat three or four times, and the words that came to me were ‘Jerusalema, ikhaya lami [Jerusalem is my home]’,” says the 32-year-old hitmaker.

Zikode says that, at the time, she wanted God to take her to her own Jerusalem – a place where

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