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Africa Day Reggae-Dancehall Bash celebrates 15 Years in Cape Town
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A massive reggae-dancehall bash is set to headline Africa Day celebrations in Cape Town South Africa on Sunday with top Zim spinners taking to the turntables at Club 101 Castle Street in the resort town.
The reggae-dancehall bash, dubbed Mad Sunday, is being organised by Bashmouth Sound and turns 15 years since its inception in 2010.
Over the years, zimdancehall artists such as the late dancehall icon Soul Jah Love, Tock Vibes, Celsius, Freeman, Nutty O, King Shady, Shinsoman, Shinsoman and Seh Calaz among many others have participated in this prestigious reggae session.
Bashmouth Sound frontman, Albert Zanganembo based in Cape Town said all was now set for a musical jamboree as they celebrate the day African nationalist came together to launch the Organisation of African Unity, now African Union, in Addis Abbaba (Ethiopia) in 1963.
Zanganembo said the event was I spired by the unity in the continent and the love of promoting Reggae music.
"It is an event that has been running for so long rotating different venues around Cape Town.
"Over the years this event played a pivotal role in promoting Reggae and Dancehall in Cape Town not forgetting Zimdancehall as well," he said.
Some top international chanters who have graced the music event over the years include Jamaican artists Jah Mason, Lutan Fyah, Kenyatta Hill, Ras Tafari, and Zimbabwean-based Ras Jabulani, born Trevor Halll.
Local top spinners from Chillsport, Judgement yard, immortal movement, Fyah Links and individual MCs Dj Smiley and Merciless have jammed at the fiesta before.
"Also we have promoted quite a number of Zimdancehall artists from their time they rose to stardom
"Mad Sunday played a very big role on popularising Zimdancehall genre here in Cape Town," he said.
The reggae-dancehall bash, dubbed Mad Sunday, is being organised by Bashmouth Sound and turns 15 years since its inception in 2010.
Over the years, zimdancehall artists such as the late dancehall icon Soul Jah Love, Tock Vibes, Celsius, Freeman, Nutty O, King Shady, Shinsoman, Shinsoman and Seh Calaz among many others have participated in this prestigious reggae session.
Bashmouth Sound frontman, Albert Zanganembo based in Cape Town said all was now set for a musical jamboree as they celebrate the day African nationalist came together to launch the Organisation of African Unity, now African Union, in Addis Abbaba (Ethiopia) in 1963.
Zanganembo said the event was I spired by the unity in the continent and the love of promoting Reggae music.
"It is an event that has been running for so long rotating different venues around Cape Town.
"Over the years this event played a pivotal role in promoting Reggae and Dancehall in Cape Town not forgetting Zimdancehall as well," he said.
Some top international chanters who have graced the music event over the years include Jamaican artists Jah Mason, Lutan Fyah, Kenyatta Hill, Ras Tafari, and Zimbabwean-based Ras Jabulani, born Trevor Halll.
Local top spinners from Chillsport, Judgement yard, immortal movement, Fyah Links and individual MCs Dj Smiley and Merciless have jammed at the fiesta before.
"Also we have promoted quite a number of Zimdancehall artists from their time they rose to stardom
"Mad Sunday played a very big role on popularising Zimdancehall genre here in Cape Town," he said.
Source - Byo24News
