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Mbulelo Mpofu, Showbiz Reporter
ALL-FEMALE acappella group, Nobuntu is raring to go ahead of their jam-packed weekend.
The well-travelled group is billed to perform at the Homestead Conference Centre and The Smokehouse on Saturday and Sunday respectively.
The quintet’s speaker Zanele “Uzah” Manhenga said the group is ready to mix and mingle with fellow acappella group, Focus Acappella, Armour, Thuts’ Rodney and their fans.
“We are ready. We cannot wait to be there and be ‘dressed to kill’.
Hopefully, it’s going to be a colourful weekend with people enjoying music as well as off-the-cuff apparel,” Uzah said.
The quintet that usually dresses up in traditional, colourful and ethnic apparel inclusive of an ornate triangle headpiece, earrings and an all-African attire exudes a different style of on-stage presence.
Obabes beMbube as Nobuntu is popurlarly known, consists of Joyline Sibanda, Thandeka Moyo, Heather Dube, Duduzile Sibanda and Zanele Manhenga.
The multi-award-winning, internationally renowned ensemble is popular for its traditional vocal sound rich in vernacular lyrics as well as covers of popular songs.
The ensemble boasts of a complex, circuitous and unreplaceable melody.
The talented women also play the hosho, mbira and percussions while doing silky dance moves.
Some of their popular songs include Obabes be Mbube, Silele, Cula, Uthixo and Cry Song. — @eMKlass_49
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