Proud Zimbo [Anhu Acho]

Sometimes you need all hands on deck to move the mountain. This is what the Kwela Initiative aimed to do when they created their workshop titled, "Hip Hop vs The Community". Hip Hop in its nature is about challenging the status quo, shining the light on the ignored and overlooked aspects of community. This workshop was aimed at shing the light on the challenges that Hip Hop artists in the City were facing and finding a way to change the narrative. Bulawayo is gifted with many exciting rappers but on the national scale most of them are unknown, changing this narrative is the biggest challenge the creatives in the City face.  The arts sector in Zimbabwe is heavily skewed towards Harare and its a tall order for Bulawayo (or any other City/Town) to even out the landscape. A lot of strategy and funding is required to do so. To succeed the whole city (artist, promoters, authorities and fans) have to stand together, they need to make so much noise that the whole nation stops and lis...

So the inevitable has happened, Baba Harare is back to Jiti. This wont come as a surprise, the main question was always how long before he returns. Personally I did not understand the move, when an artist feels like releasing a gospel song they can do so without necessarily making a scene about it, anyone is allowed to sing for their Creator. As I highlighted in my article about artists switching to gospel, one of the major points was that the gospel community does not like to pay artists or any service provider, they hide behind "do it for the Lord and he will bless you" tip and that for me is plain slavery clothed as the gospel, just as pastors are financially taken care of, any person (member or not) who the church hire/books to provide a service should be adequately paid, not given a token of appreciation, a full service fee. Back to the music, after his switch no artist really made a serious push to fill the gap left by Baba Harare, something that is quite shocking and d...