There are at least 2 artists/bands called Zola: 1. a south african musician; 2. a spanish indie pop sextet from Barcelona. 3 a British math pop group 1.Bonginkosi Dlamini, aka Zola, is a South African poet, actor, and kwaito musician. He also presents Zola 7, a television show named for him, on SABC 1. Born in the Soweto ghettos of Johannesburg, South Africa, Dlamini spent his formative years in one of the roughest and notorious ghettos around, Zola, hence his name.