Nobuntu returns from Euro Summer tour
BULAWAYO-BASED female a capella
group Nobuntu has returned from a 25-day Euro Summer annual tour. Music groups
from all over the world are invited and they tour a number of European
countries showcasing their music talents to the world.
Nobuntu has been part of the Euro
Summer tour for the third time now since 2013 and this year they toured Germany
and Australia, last year it was Germany and Belgium.
The group performed impressively at
the Rudolstadt Festival in Germany where they got coverage from a German
newspaper, The Ostthuringer Zeitung which covered the festival and commended
the Zimbabwean group for an outstanding performance.
The festival was termed “the biggest
stage ever” by the group spokesperson, Joyline Sibanda, after they performed to
an audience of over a thousand people.
The group of six women in their
early 30s specialises on a fusion of traditional Zimbabwean rooted music,
traditional gospel, Afro-Jazz and crossover in pure voices with minimalistic
percussion, acoustic instruments and dance movements.
They got the name Nobuntu from an
African word ubuntu which stands for a concept that values humbleness, love,
purpose, unity and family and the group — Nobuntu – places it from a woman
perspective.
The group was formed in 2011 by five
members who are Joyline Sibanda, Duduzile Sibanda, Thandeka Moyo, Heather Dube
and Zanele Manhenga, Claire Ratidzo Dangarembwa joined later.
The year 2013 marked the release of
their first album called Thina and their first European tour. They have also
performed at a number of local events and festivals.
The group is a new generation of
young women singers who celebrate and preserve their culture, beauty and
heritage through art. Sibanda said the group filled the deficit of female
dominant a capella groups not only locally but worldwide.
“Nobuntu was formed on realising the
absence of an all-female professional a capella group in Bulawayo and Zimbabwe
as a whole. The ensemble’s mission is rooted in the belief that music is the most
important and original wheel of change. It is a way of expression for a new
generation of young women singers with the uniqueness to transcend racial,
tribal, religious, gender and economic boundaries” she said.
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