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Zakifo Festival captured in pictures
The city of Durban hosted the third Zakifo Festival. The festival, which is organized by Jerome Galabert, had in attendance various artists like Ray Phiri, Jojo Abbot, and Damian Marley among others. The two day festival was captured in pictures by Tseliso Monaheng.
Zakifo is the brainchild of festival director Jérôme Galabert, journalist and magazine publisher Andy Davis, and of Sipho Sithole, whose contributions to African music range from producing albums for Thandiswa Mazwai, to signing the hip hop group Skwatta Kamp. That was back before left Gallo Records to found his own Native Rhythm label, onto which he signed acts such as The Soil and Zuluboy.
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Zakifo’s also the South African cousin of La Réunion’s Sakifo. The city of Durban hosted the festival for the third time running this past weekend. Baloji, Kommanda Obbs, Ray Phiri, Jojo Abbot and Damian Marley were among some of the artists on the bill.
Feeling the groove
Ready to surrender everything to the music
Thandiswa Mazwai carried us all into distant futures
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Omara “Bombino” Moctar, the indestructible Tuareg who set minds ablaze
Laughter wasn’t hard to come by
Ray Phiri’s backing vocalist was a show unto herself, exuding pure class and excellence throughout the set
Ray Phiri of Stimela acclaim showed us all how pantsula, jazz and township blues are interconnected
Baloji went beyond hip hop confines with a set that melded agile dance moves with perfect-precision rhyme schemes
Kommanda Obbs made sure that everyone left knowing where on the map Lesotho’s located
Higher heights
Damian Marley feelin’ the vibes
Damian Mareley’s backing vocalists deserve all the props
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