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Zim music industry dead - Prof Moyo
29 Jul 2015 at 19:30hrs | Views
MINISTER of Higher Education Professor Jonathan Moyo has said there is no music industry in Zimbabwe but acknowledged that there was great musical talent.
Moyo registered his sentiments on his official twitter account last week while responding to an uproar over the absence of the MTV Mama Awards winners list.
"There is need to first have a music industry in Zimbabwe which compares with what obtains in SA, Nigeria, Kenya and Angola.
"The talent is there, but no industry. No proper studios, equipment songwriters, no producers, distributors etc," Moyo is quoted saying by Newsday.
Moyo's passion for local music is an open secret. He is credited for assembling one of the best music outfits in Zimbabwe, Pax Afro which was star-studded and featured the likes of Yulith Ndlovu, Isaac Chirwa, Tendai Manatsa as well as brothers Misheck and Michael Mahendere.
The group set a very high bar after producing a 26-track double CD titled Back2Black under Moyo's tutelage before eventually disbanding.
Moyo registered his sentiments on his official twitter account last week while responding to an uproar over the absence of the MTV Mama Awards winners list.
"There is need to first have a music industry in Zimbabwe which compares with what obtains in SA, Nigeria, Kenya and Angola.
"The talent is there, but no industry. No proper studios, equipment songwriters, no producers, distributors etc," Moyo is quoted saying by Newsday.
Moyo's passion for local music is an open secret. He is credited for assembling one of the best music outfits in Zimbabwe, Pax Afro which was star-studded and featured the likes of Yulith Ndlovu, Isaac Chirwa, Tendai Manatsa as well as brothers Misheck and Michael Mahendere.
The group set a very high bar after producing a 26-track double CD titled Back2Black under Moyo's tutelage before eventually disbanding.
Source - Newsday
