South African hip hop musician and businessman, Siyabonga Metane aka Slikour is set to be one of the speakers at the inaugural Zim Hip Hop Summit.
The summit, a brainchild of Jibilika Dance Festival will see important individuals within the hip-hop community come together to share knowledge and information to improve the state of the industry.
The summit is set to take place on September 30 as part of Shoko Festival at the Harare City Library.
“The Summit is made up of three panel discussions that will explore important aspects of the Zim hip-hop industry. Each panel will have highly knowledgeable panelists that will share their expertise on the given topics. We’ve enlisted the help of top musicians, activists, business people and enthusiasts to give holistic discussions taken from first-hand experience of working within Zimbabwe’s hip-hop industry,” read a statement from summit organisers.
Besides Slikour other speakers are Stunner, Cal_Vin, Tehn Diamond, DJ Mox (Star FM), Lady K (The Fixxx, ZiFM), award winning videographer Blaqs, ZIMURA director Polisile Ncube, Phil Chard (The African Hip Hop Blog), PD The Ghost, Keisha Thompson (UK), Rafael Tudesco (Brasil), Mambila Mageza (from In Place of War), beatboxer Probeatz, Joel Gombera (Senior Manager – Group Marketing CBZ holdings) among others.
Key topics to be covered are; ‘The state of Zimbabwe’s hip-hop industry’, ‘The business of hip-hop’ as well as ‘Lyricism, conflict and free expressions’.
“Our hope that this summit provokes and stimulates growth of the hip hop industry in Zimbabwe. It will encourage a conversation on what needs to be done in brand management, promotion and actually transforming hip hop into a vehicle for social and economic empowerment,” said head of communication – Zim Hip Hop Summit, Amanda Murimba.
