Published by the government of Zimbabwe
Trust Khosa
17 October 2007
Harare — Jamaican reggae crooner Luciano and South Africa's Bongo Maffin are expected in the country on Friday morning for two weekend shows at the weekend.
The two shows dubbed Smiles Zimbabwe Splush begins on Friday night at the Glamis Arena at the Harare Exhibition Park and then move to the Rainbow Tours on Saturday. One of the event organisers Reason Nyamatore of Shumba Instrumentation said the shows would go according to plan.
"Everything is now in place and my uncle (only identified as Chitimbe, the Shumba Instrumentation director) has since paid the artistes and the show will certainly go according to script. "We expect the two groups on Friday morning and they will play later in the day," said Nyamatore. Local urban groover Sniper will feature at both shows as a supporting act.
But it is Luciano - real name Jepther McClymont - many a reveller would be looking forward to, as he will be performing in Zimbabwe for the first time. The late Bob Marley, Buju Banton and I Jah Man Levi are some Jamaican reggae artistes who have performed in Zimbabwe over the years. Another official from Shumba Instrumentation earlier this month told this paper that Luciano's tour would be a great opportunity for the country to be hosting international artistes, a move that would help the country to improve its tourism sector. Luciano's tour of Zimbabwe comes barely a week after the country played hosts to Extra Musica, South Africa's Mafikizolo and Botswana's Vee at the this year Africa Tourism Night concert held at the Rainbow Tours over the weekend.
"More artistes would come to perform this side and I believe by 2010 we would have marketed our country well enough.
"We also want to urge all Zimbabweans to be hospitable to the tourists," the official said.
Be the first to Write a Comment!
Copyright © 2007 The Herald. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections — or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here.
AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica.
