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South African pop star Toya Delazy (real name Latoya Nontokozo Buthelezi) who was in the country for a performance at the Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa) said the just ended festival was her best as it was her first sold out show. Speaking just after an electric performance at the Telecel Main stage at Harare Gardens on Saturday evening, Toya said she enjoyed performing.
“This was my first time performing at a sold out show, the first one that I ever had myself. I enjoyed my performance at Hifa as there was such a warm audience with people screaming ‘Toya’ all the way,” said Toya.
Her show was well attended by a diverse crowd who showed love by singing along to every song. She performed with a live band and showed her skills when she played the piano.
Toya who sang one of her tracks in Zulu said she did that to show people she could sing in vernacular.
Asked about the Zimbabwe arts industry, Toya said it was flourishing.
This was her second performance in the country after the Mercedes Benz fashion show two years ago. She said she was glad to have performed in Zimbabwe because it came at a time when she was on a tour of Africa.
“Last week I was at the Simunye festival in Swaziland and we have basically been on the road touring Africa. My aim at the moment is to travel Africa so this invitation fell into my Pan African tour,” said the star.
She said she loved people of Zimbabwe because of their warmth and kindness.
Another group which commanded a huge crowd was Congo’s Black with their energetic rhumba dancers on Friday evening. The group put up a world class act and left people crying for more.
After a powerful performance from Toya, the DJs were expected to further hype up people but the DJs were a disappointment as they failed to study the crowd as people stood attentively as if they were at a theatre. The DJs failed to make people dance, especially DJ Crazy White Boy.
Though DJ Milkshake then tried to up his game after Crazy White Boy, the crowd was still not responsive – leaving people to count their losses.
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