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Namibian Artist Stirs Harare Up
Jackson Wahengo, Namibia’s most celebrated musician rocked the first night at the Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) with his afro pop fusion show on the Lay’s Global Stage.
Jackson Wahengo, Namibia’s most celebrated musician rocked the first night at the Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) with his afro pop fusion show on the Lay’s Global Stage.
The Electronic Dance Music (EDM) tidal wave currently sweeping across the world will crash into Zimbabwe this Saturday, when the Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) hosts the first of its kind celebration of the global sound phenomenon.
Star FM’s DJ Nikki provided the most poignant moment during HIFA’s opening show last night when she stepped onto the stage and asked the 3,000 strong crowd to get to their feet and repeat after her a number of things that Zimbabweans young and old have long forgotten - and maybe don't believe anymore.
A number of African artists, including Salif Keita (Mali), Lira (South Africa) and Kunle Ayo (Nigeria) have joined initiatives by Zimbabwean artists to send a loud message out to the world against xenophobia.
Over 20 twenty artists and groups have pledged to support the United Artists Against Xenophobia concert in Harare this evening.
The duo that sang ‘Zvekupenga’, one of Zimbabwe’s biggest hit songs in 2014 have never met. For the first time ever Chashe Musarurwa McTaggart will meet Tinashe Makura when they come together to perform at HIFA this year.
African musical icon, Oliver Mtukudzi, has called on African leaders to not only condemn xenophobia but to plot a course that will ensure that what is happening in South Africa today never happens again anywhere on the continent.
South African Hip hop artist, Cassper Nyovest has added a new twist to the boycott-south-african-artists saga by saying he will donate proceeds from his Bulawayo show to survivors of the current xenophobia attacks.
In the past couple of days, there has been an aggressive call on social media from some Zimbabweans, including artists, to boycott the upcoming shows of South African artists, Cassper Nyovest, Diliza and Big Nuzz, and those of other South African artists coming to perform at HIFA at the end of this month.
Cassper Nyovest, one of the South African artists whose Zimbabwean shows are targeted for boycott this month, has said that no threats will stop him from performing to his fans in Bulawayo on April 25.