adminThe sessions are also held with the intention of challenging the widely held view that Bulawayo is dominated by commercial house music.
Tribal house music is a fusion of house and traditional African sounds and rhythms.
Speaking to Chronicle Entertainment, the organiser of the sessions, Ndumiso Tshuma, better known as Black Cee, said the sessions were important in trying to illustrate to the public that Bulawayo was not just a commercial house music city.
“Tribal house is a genre that most people love, but local DJs prefer commercial house and people are starved of it,” said Tshuma.
Tshuma said although tribal house was still growing and there were people who shared an appreciation of the sub-genre and the number of fans was growing steadily.
“We are trying to give our people what they have always wanted, but have been starved of,” said Tshuma.
He said Emakhandeni had been chosen because of its centrality, although they wanted to have some sessions at a place where they would be accessible to a wider audience.
“We have people from as far as Hillside and Burnside coming for our sessions and we wanted to get a venue closer to town, but have failed thus far,” he said.
He said that the sessions dubbed KwaWoza Sunday tribal sessions, were strictly tribal, while a bit of deep house was also incorporated into the show.
The sessions are held between 6pm and 10pm on Sunday and are usually graced by the presence of renowned tribal house group Djembe Monks who are supported by DJ Ladiezman, DJ Nizhe and DJ Danny Cee.
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