Pops Mohamed

b. Ismail Mohamed-jan, 10 December 1949, Bemoni, South Africa. Mohamed founded and played guitar with his first band, the Valients, in the mid-60s. Their repertoire was made up of soul, Latin and local kwela music. Following the break-up of the Valients, he formed Children's Society, predominantly a covers band who, nevertheless, had a big local hit with the self-penned ‘I'm A Married Man'. In the 70s Mohamed teamed up with Basil Coetzee and Sipho Gumede, bass player with Sakhile, and made four albums that became huge hits in the townships of South Africa. The 80s saw him work...