Career

Somila Cungwa, also known by his pen name S.O-Squared; The Soul Hand, was born in a small village called Mntlabathi on the outskirts of Mdantsane Township in the Eastern Cape. S.O-Squared started writing poetry at the age of 12. He is a musician, poet, creative writer, guitarist, singer and entrepreneur doing a genre called RapSoul (Umngqungqo nokubonga); Afro Soul, Afro Jazz, Funk, Xhosa Folk, Rap/Hip-Hop and Acoustic Soul.

Collabs

S.O-Squared is also involved in the NGO, the Plant A Seed project, which grooms and nurtures children from primary schools to allow them to write and recite poetry. He is also a Content Analyst at Mellow Moments, a poetry group based in East London that hosts poetry sessions around the city. The group's vision is to build a platform for artists/poets to educate & entertain (edutain) people through creative works of art.