adminbefore moving to Harare Gardens, the venue for the just ended Harare International Festival of the Arts on the Coca-Cola Day, marking the launch of the Billion Reasons to Believe in Africa campaign.
During his performance, along First Street, the visually impaired artiste declared that he loved playing music for free.
“Music must be enjoyable and should be played for free, back home we use music to entertain our people,” he said.
He took music fans down memory lane when he played his 1984 tune “All We Need is Here in Africa”.
Although many could not identify with it since most of the people in attendance appeared to have been born after Zimbabwe’s Independence, they still enjoyed his act.
Kekana’s beat is a fusion of soul, reggae and kwaito.
The audience fell in love with James Chimombe’s hit song “Cecilia”, and they sang along to the lyrics of the yesteryear hit song.
During the show, he had the crowd in stitches when said he was a good dancer, and loved to wiggle his waist.
“Ndinongotambisa muchiuno chete,” he said, much to the delight of the crowd.
“Raising My Family,” a track that talks about the importance of family, also got a good response from the fans.
Kekana last visited the country after the attainment of Independence and he could not hide his joy of coming back to his second home, more than 20 years later.
“I still recall when I visited here in 1980, there were a lot of activities that we could enjoy, and therefore, I am so happy to be back and performing in this lovely country again.
“Today, I believe the hottest thing in Zimbabwe right now is Winky D judging by the number of requests he got during ZBCTV’s popular musical show, Hoza Friday,” he said.
Turning to the Coca-Cola campaign — “Billion Reasons to Believe in Africa” — Kekana said Africa was the cradle of mankind. He said this at a Press conference held at a Harare hotel.
Kekana also shared his story of his blindness.
“Blindness is a gift and it comes in packages. When I lost sight at the age of five, I felt destroyed and helpless,” he said.
He added: “But through belief, I knew that one day I would become someone big and help my siblings.
“When you have faith and believe in yourself everything falls into place because I did not know that the hit song I made in the 1980s would top the charts and today it is now being used for the Coca-Cola campaign,” he said.
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