Singer/songwriter Zoë Modiga is a musical storyteller. Her curiosity, keen observation of life, and ability to immerse herself in diverse experiences have made her profoundly relatable through song. Her musical projects, Yellow: The Novel, INGANEKWANE, and Nomthandazo, have boldly solidified her stance in music as an artist that keeps the pulse of conversations about life happenings, thus producing gifts that keep on giving.
The star, with depth of music under her belt, has always been one to look for meaning in life, from a tender age, but beyond the music, Zoe has varying nuances that have made life a little more colourful and meaningful to her.
These are Zoe Modiga’s favourite things.
The colour yellow – Yes, you guessed that right!
Yellow is my favorite color and has been since my childhood days. It started with a yellow crayon. We had a song called “yellow washa,” and I’d sing it while coloring the sun. I was never a pink or blue girl, and I think this color has been my way of life. Rejecting the law and binary of things and always choosing the unchosen pathways in many things has always felt truest to me.
Durban, Capetown, Harlem, Lagos, and Amsterdam
I love Durban because it is my city of birth, and I’m a coastal girl at heart.
Cape Town is where I found many parts of myself, and I’ll always be grateful for that.
Harlem has so much soul; I’ve met a lot of fellow Africans, and the African diaspora there is a melting pot of everything I like.
Lagos is fast, flavorful, filled with character, and gives me a feeling of home.
Amsterdam is special to me; it is where I would live if I lived in Europe.
Range Rover | PINTERESTFashion
Fashion in South Africa is telling our stories in the most resonant, potent, and powerful way. I admire all these geniuses and am almost completely baffled. I grew up with some of them.
Books
Quiet Violence of Dream by Sello K. Duiker, and The Women Who Run With Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés.
These books have changed my life and my perspective on everything. Every single thing. Watching movies is also a favorite pastime of mine. Cinematography, storytelling, all-encompassing, visceral, out-of-this-world work—it reminds me of the kind of work I wish to make as a creative person.
Comedy
Favourite apps: Youtube, Pinterest
I love knowing more about how people think, and YouTube allows for that. Pinterest has great themes for pretty much everything.
Destressors
Cosmetic products
