{"id":17847,"date":"2021-03-07T21:35:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T21:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2021\/03\/07\/i-wrote-all-my-songs-singer-simphiwe-dana-reveals\/"},"modified":"2021-03-07T21:35:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T21:35:43","slug":"i-wrote-all-my-songs-singer-simphiwe-dana-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2021\/03\/07\/i-wrote-all-my-songs-singer-simphiwe-dana-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I wrote all My Songs&#8217; \u2013 Singer Simphiwe Dana Reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2 id=\"h-legendary-singer-and-songwriter-simphiwe-dana-took-to- reflect-on-some-of-the-things-mzansi-s-cultural-landscape-had-lost-and-also-revealed-that-all-her-songs-were-written-by-her-when-a-tweep-asked-whether-she-has-a-ghostwriter\">Legendary singer and songwriter Simphiwe Dana took to reflect on some of the things Mzansi\u2019s cultural landscape had lost and also revealed that all her songs were written by her when a tweep asked whether she has a ghostwriter.<\/h2>\n<p>It is not surprising to think award-winning singer Simphiwe Dana got to where she is today with the help of a ghostwriter. At least that summarizes how good she was back in the days. The singer recently took to her Twitter account to reflect on some of the things the SA cultural landscape had lost when a fan shared a throwback video of her performing on a show. A tweep who was amazed by the singer\u2019s talent asked whether she had a ghostwriter or wrote her own song. Simphiwe responded by saying she wrote every song she did.<\/p>\n<p>See post below:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All my songs were written by me \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 #BamakoIsHere (@simphiwedana) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/simphiwedana\/status\/1368304426797137922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p><strong>Source: www.Ghgossip.com<\/strong><strong\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" type=\"3837999361cba5a3a04d355c-text\/javascript\">(function(d, s, id) {\n          var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n          if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n          js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n          js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&appId=1009694476028322&version=v10.0\";\n          fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n        }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary singer and songwriter Simphiwe Dana took to reflect on some of the things Mzansi\u2019s cultural landscape had lost and also revealed that all her songs were written by her when a tweep asked whether she has a ghostwriter. 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