Lucky Monama

South African musician (drummer), producer, songwriter and singer, born December 5, 1938, Cullinan, Gauteng, South Africa. West Nkosi, Joseph Makwela and Lucky Monama formed a penny whistle band dubbed The Pretoria Tower Boys. In 1963, after recording a few sessions for Troubador they, with Marks Mankwane, a rival Pretoria penny-whistler, were earning a living in Johannesburg as professional session musicians. By 1964 they were all working at Mavuthela as the house band recording on sessions for Mahlathini and the [a56676], Abafana Baseqhudeni and many others.