Cape Town – Critically-acclaimed international artist, Somi Kakoma, landed in South Africa recently to perform her much-eagerly awaited new album Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba at The State Theatre in Pretoria on Sunday, March 27.
According to GQ, Somi launched her new album on March 04 – which would have been Miriam Makeba’s 90th birthday celebration.
“This album is my attempt to honour the unapologetic voice of an African woman who inevitably made room for my own journey and countless other African artists. In short, I owe her. We all do,” GQ quoted Somi as saying.
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Arts24 reports that the much-anticipated show will feature the incomparable Thandiswa Mazwai and music composer Msaki, Nduduzo Makhathini and the iconic Sipho Hotstix Mabuse.
“It was so important for me to bring this project honouring Mama Miriam back to the very place she called home. I’m deeply indebted to so many South African artists and friends who have held my hand through and to this moment,” News24 quoted her as saying.
According to EWN, Somi is the daughter of immigrants from Rwanda and Uganda and was born in Illinois in the United States of America.
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Compiled by Odwa Shumi
