Gilbert Mwijuke
7 October 2008
Kampala — IF you are not a fan of world music, you may not know the force that is the Zamani Experience.
At season 3 of Zamani last Sunday, breast cancer were briefly forgotten as fans and breast cancer patients and survivors danced to the tunes of Kenyan world music sensation, Suzanna Owiyo.
Zamani Season 3 was part of the month-long activities for the International Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Uganda organised by the National Breast Cancer Care Fund. Owiyo was in Uganda courtesy of the Emin Pasha Hotel, Club Pilsner and Air Uganda.
On this night, there was only one curtain raiser-Tshila-who set the pace with her resonate voice and unrivaled guitar skills on I Need Yo Love.
Owiyo strolled on stage to loud applause and performed hysterically for almost one hour, guiding her audience through songs like Masela, Mama Afrika, Pole Pole, Ngoma, Uyei and the catchy Janyau, on which she commanded her audience, some of whom had found comfort on mats, to get up and dance.
Owiyo taught her audience a Kenyan dance called Otenga, which, luckily, they quickly grasped. And by the time she closed her performance with Kisumu 100-the song she composed for the centennial celebrations of the city of Kisumu-everyone was dancing with reckless abandon.
Zamani returns on December 7, this time featuring Zimbabwean and globally acclaimed singer, Oliver Mtukuzi.
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