Grammy-nominated superstar Akon will arrive in South Africa on 3 June with a mission to discourage human trafficking ahead of the Soccer World Cup. The R&B crowd puller has also confirmed his 5 June performance at The Arena, Grand West in Cape Town. That’s according to event sponsors US-based Cintron Liquid Energy and local social responsibility partner, The Trust. Akon’s views on human trafficking are well-known with the performer regularly expressing his disgust at the phenomenon. “The benefits of an African World Cup for the continent are well-documented. What isn’t so clear is how Africans will be affected by the... Continue Reading
A slick, glamorous package of Afro-kitsch performance, House of the Holy Afro, is set to electrify your eyes, ears and bodies on the dance floor this use of the Holy Afro 11th June 2010 – 11th July 2010 at South Africa’s Market Theatre in Newtown , Johannesburg. In shamanistic ceremonies ancestral spirits are summoned and likewise, in the churches of the townships, soaring gospel songs lead people into states of spiritual communion and trance. Performed by seven singer-dancers, House of the Holy Afro weaves these spiritual melodies together with celebrated DJ Dino Moran’s driving housebeats and over-the-top club poetry of... Continue Reading
By Novell Zwangendaba Johannesburg: A stellar music line-up like no other headlines this year’s Gauteng ‘Pale Ya Rona Carnival’ music concert. Jonas Gwangwa, Thandiswa Mazwai, Selaelo Selota and rapper Prokid are just a few of hot the South African artists making their way to Mofolo Park in Soweto, where the ‘Pale Ya Rona Carnival’ will celebrate it’s last day of festivities. With the Carnival kicking off on the 4th June, the festival will end with a concert like no other on Sunday 6th June, 2010. Gwangwa, Mazwai, Selota and Prokid will join the eclectic sounds of the Gauteng Jazz Orchestra... Continue Reading
By Shout Africa Correspondent The charismatic jazz guitarist Kunle Ayo, born of Yoruba parents in Lagos, Nigeria has joined South Africa’s leading booking agency Southern Pulse. The 2004 Kora Award winner’s (for Best Male Artist – West Africa) virtuosity with the strings has earned him several musical accolades and even comparisons, with giants of the contemporary school like George Benson, Earl Klugh and locally-based Jimmy Dludlu. His guitar work pulls at the heart-strings-soulful as it is cheerful, funky as it is jazzy. A dazzling live performer, Kunle was part of the 2006 Joy of Jazz Guitar Summit which included guitar... Continue Reading
Unrestrained Psychiatrists Create Social Chaos, Destroy Artists, says the Scientologists By Novell Zwangendaba JOHANNESBURG – The Citizen’s Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR), a lobby group that was established in 1969 by the Church of Scientology says psychiatry continues to cause social chaos and is destroying artists. The lobby group says CCHR seeks to “investigate and expose psychiatric violations of human rights and to clean up the field of mental healing, a gesture doubted by several critics of the religious cult. Labeling CCHR an alarmist pseudo-human rights organization. Recently French judges fined the Church of Scientology about $1-million for defrauding... Continue Reading
