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THUNTSHA CELEBRATES JAZZ GIANTS
One of Gaborone’s celebrated restaurant, Thuntsha on Sunday joined hands with Zen Promotions to honor Jazz giants Hugh Masekela, Oliver Mthukudzi and Jonas Gwangwana over a jazz session.
Zen Promotions founder, Zenzele Hirschfield mentioned that the legendary trio deserved a much celebration and honor given the contribution and the impact they had towards the music industry of Botswana, the event would be held annually.
Legendary South African Jazz musician and anti-apartheid activist Gwangwa passed away on the same day as Masekela and Zimbabwe’s Mtukudzi all on January 23, but different years.
Those who attended the show were on cloud nine when the DJ started playing Oliver Mtukidzi’s ‘Neria’.
One of Oliver Mthukudzi’s songs Neria which played at Thuntsha during the jazz session got everyone on their feet, a classic track remains a hit song to jazz lovers, which talks about the struggles of a woman in rural Zimbabwe who lost her husband in an accident. The song taps on one’s emotional side as it is about the strength of a women and how they succeed in facing live challenges.
Former Ambassador to Japan Mr Nkoloi Nkoloi who was also a close friend to Brah Hugh said you cannot talk about jazz and not talk about the three giants. Nkoloi stressed that the legendary jazz music masters’ songs have united the nations world-wide ‘neria’ was a hit world-wide and it changed the lives of many women.
