Award winning Zimdancehall artist, Tawanda Mumanyi, mostly known by his stage, Seh Calaz, claims that some artists in the music industry use juju to raise to fame.
The “Mabhanditi” chanter made this claim on StarFM during Phatisani and KVG’s 3 to 6 Express.
“Vanhu vanobatabata (muIndustry),” claimed Seh Calaz. (People use African juju)
As if to prove that this is a common occurrence, he went on to quote a conversation he had with Macheso, “ Ndanga ndina Macheso kuUK, zvikanzi mfana wangu,’ Zvimwe zvese ita, asi usafe wakabata.’” (Whilst I was with Macheso in UK, he told me to do everything else, except use Juju)
Seh Calaz gave examples of how this Juju works. The first claim he made was how if you sing after some artists, you would find it hard to sing on stage.
The chanter also put artists with dreadlocks on the spotlight. “Kune vanoti kana uchiimba anosunga rasta rake. Akasunga rasta rake, munhu wese anoimba before iye hazvibude,” he claimed, “kana vakuenda paStage wosunungura rasta, vamwe vanhu voita kunge vanga vasingaimbi.”
(There are artists who tie their dreadlocks before they sing and anyone who sings before them will struggle on stage. When (s)he goes on stage he unties his logs)
As to which dreadlocked artist does this, your guess is as good as ours.
He, however, had solutions for this – African-magic trickery. In no particular order:
- Bring your own mic
In a bid to reduce contact with other artists’ “arsenal,” Seh Calaz claims some artists bring their own microphones for this reason.
“…vamwe havakwanise kushandisa same mic inoshandiswa nevamwe, anotouya ne Mic yake nekuti anoziva kuti vanhu vakaoma,” says Seh Calaz.
(Other artists cannot use the same mics as others, they bring their own because they know that people use African magic)
- There is hope
Seh Calaz talked of how people thought Tocky Vibes was going crazy when he said that someone used Juju on him (Tocky), but he knew what he was talking about. It seems Tocky is still singing though.
“There is hope, munhu hafanirwe kuita give up,” said the artist.
- Use God’s Grace and your talent
According to Seh Calaz God’s grace and Talent will keep you going in the Music industry, “Iwe shandisa samba raMwari neTalent yako.“
He went on to say, “Mushonga hauyimbe” (Juju or Africa magic does not sing.)
Here is the full interview courtesy of ZimCelebs TV
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