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Langalakhe Mabena
Iqembu lomculo we-Afro-fusion elidumileyo, iMokoomba, lilungiselela ukuqala uhambo lwalo lokucina lwamazwe ngamazwe ngo-2025, ngemicimbi eminengi ehlelelwe e-Austria, eJalimane leSweden ngenyanga ezayo.
Leli qembu labesilisa elivela eChinotimba, eVictoria Falls, eligujwa ngemicimbi yalo elamandla amakhulu kanye lomsindo ohlanganisa izinhlobo zomculo ezitshiyeneyo, lizaphetha umnyaka esigabeni somhlaba wonke ngemva kohambo lwakuqala olubase Portugal, eJalimane leSpain.
Uhambo oluzayo luqala ngoLwezi 1 eVictoria Theatre eMalmo, eSweden. Ukusuka lapho, iqembu lizaya e-Ampere eMunich, eJalimane ngoLwezi 6, ngaphambi kokuthi lihlanganyele kuSelam Festival eStockholm, eSweden ngoLwezi 7.
Uhambo lwabo lweYuropu luyaqhubeka ngoLwezi 8 eTreibhaus e-Innsbruck, e-Austria, njalo luphetha ngoLwezi 14 ngomcimbi weTrans Vocal eFrankfurt Oder, eJalimane.
Otshaya ikatali kuMokoomba, uTrust Samende, uveze ukukhathazeka ngokuthi iqembu ngeke libe lomcimbi eSouth Africa njengoba bekuhleliwe ekuqaleni.
“Silungiselela uhambo lwethu lokucina lomnyaka eYuropu. Ngeshwa, ngenxa yokuphambana kwezinhlelo, asisoze senze umcimbi eJohannesburg ngoMfumfu 25,” kutsho uSamende.
“Sixolisa ngokuphazamiseka lokhu njalo siyabonga abasisekelayo. Sizahlela kakutsha umcimbi ukuze sihloniphe abalandeli bethu eSouth Africa.”
USamende uqhubeke wathi iqembu lizakwazisa maduze nje ngemicimbi yalo yokuphela komnyaka eZimbabwe, okuzakuba yikubuya ekhaya ngemva kwezinyanga zisendleleni.
IMokoomba, eyasungulwa ngo-2002, izakhele igama njengelinye lamaqembu omculo aphumelela kakhulu eZimbabwe.
Umsindo wazo uhlanganisa imigido yesintu yamaTonga lezinto ezivela ku-funk, reggae, soukous, kanye le-Afro-beats, okudala isikhalo esikhulu somhlaba wonke.
Uluhlu lwabaculi beqembu luhlanganisa uMathias Muzaza (umkhokheli), uTrust Samende (lead guitar and backing vocals), u-Abundance Mutori (bass guitar and backing vocals), uDonald Moyo (keyboard and backing vocals), uNdaba Coster Moyo (drums and backing vocals), kanye loMiti Mugande (percussion and backing vocals).
