Its been 14 long years since Thomas Mapfumo last stepped foot on the motherland and his return will be nothing short of an epic gathering, one that will go down memory lane.
It’s going to be bigger and I’m going to likening it to Bob Marley’s 1980 show,” said Entertainment Republic CEO Tendai Johannes.
At midnight April 1980 in an independence ceremony, presided over by Prince Charles,when the Union Jack was lowered for the last time, the greatest reggae singer of all time, Bob Marley serenaded the new Zimbabwe.
With the coming in of a new Zimbabwe administration in November 2018, another of the country’s greatest Chimurenga singers of all time, Thomas Mapfumo celebrates with the people in a ‘new country.’
Perhaps this might be the reason Mr Johannes likened the two occasions because of their almost similar significances.
“I have to be ambitious,” he said referring to his earlier declaring that the show will be as big as the Marley show.
“We are likening it to the Bob Marley show because we want everyone to be there,the young and old,” he added.
Mukanya’s songs inspired the armed struggle just like Marley’s songs did
“His songs were the food that people in liberation movements, particularly the armed wings, were swallowing,” says a Unisa professor and constitutional law expert in South Africa,Shadrack Gutto of Marley’s songs during an interview with Forbes Magazine.
Years after Independence Mukanya’s songs also inspired Zimbabweans as they continue in search of a promise made in 1980, one that continued to be elusive until the event of November last year.
With tickets reportedly running out for the April 28 Glamis Arena homecoming event the first batch of $10 tickets have been sold out and a new batch of tickets has been released with the cheapest going for $20.
Physical tickets are available at Entertainment Republic offices at 113 Samora Machel Avenue in Harare.
Online tickets can be found on this link www.thomasmapfumohomecoming.nutickets.co.za
Share Your Comments