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Racist slur riles revellers
26 May 2014 at 01:19hrs | Views
A RACIST slur by a white woman in the audience referring to blacks as darkies courted the anger of blacks at an Africa Day Concert in Bulawayo, a show ironically meant to celebrate Africa's freedom from the shackles of colonialism.
The Africa Day Concert was held at Bulawayo Theatre and featured Willis Wataffi, Jeys Marabini, Djembe Monks and X-Mile, among others.
Socialite Mbo Mahocs, who was a director of ceremonies, torched a storm when she asked why Bulawayo people do not pitch up for events that feature their artistes and the white woman who has been identified as Danielle Delport retorted:
"You darkies invite each other for these events and leave us white people out. I only heard about this show when I came here."
This did not go down well with those in the crowd with some hurling insults at her before the next act went on stage. She claimed she had come to watch a contemporary dancer named Corey Schultz who featured at the show. Efforts to get a comment from Delport to clarify her statement were fruitless yesterday as her mobile phone went unanswered.
Apart from the rant from the misguided fan, the show went on well with the 100 fans who had gathered having a good time.
The main act, Wataffi, gave a spirited and polished performance to the delight of the sizeable crowd.
Wataffi sang songs such as the ever popular Wanga from his Africa Revenge days. The stage lit up when Djembe Monks did their tribal house set with Wataffi on vocals.
However, the deejaying equipment kept having glitches which disrupted the flow of the show.
The show, scheduled to begin at 6PM, only started at 8PM with Drummers for Jesus and Mema Arts playing a set of drums each.
The next act was Bulawayo rising R'n'B artiste Alaina who sang her track Juice Box that got some in the crowd on their feet.
Thandy Dlana was her usual sensual self with her trade mark attire - a boob tube orange and green dress with a frilled tail. She gave a scintillating performance backed by Butshilo Nleya on drums and Zet Moyo on the acoustic guitar.
Surprise package Eve Kawadza came all the way from Harare to perform at the show. Her jazzy blues performance endeared her to the crowd and she rounded off her set with a rendition of Prudence Katomeni's BP.
Others who performed were Jazz group Outfit Band and Luke De Luks.
The show ended at 12PM.
The Africa Day Concert was held at Bulawayo Theatre and featured Willis Wataffi, Jeys Marabini, Djembe Monks and X-Mile, among others.
Socialite Mbo Mahocs, who was a director of ceremonies, torched a storm when she asked why Bulawayo people do not pitch up for events that feature their artistes and the white woman who has been identified as Danielle Delport retorted:
"You darkies invite each other for these events and leave us white people out. I only heard about this show when I came here."
This did not go down well with those in the crowd with some hurling insults at her before the next act went on stage. She claimed she had come to watch a contemporary dancer named Corey Schultz who featured at the show. Efforts to get a comment from Delport to clarify her statement were fruitless yesterday as her mobile phone went unanswered.
Apart from the rant from the misguided fan, the show went on well with the 100 fans who had gathered having a good time.
The main act, Wataffi, gave a spirited and polished performance to the delight of the sizeable crowd.
However, the deejaying equipment kept having glitches which disrupted the flow of the show.
The show, scheduled to begin at 6PM, only started at 8PM with Drummers for Jesus and Mema Arts playing a set of drums each.
The next act was Bulawayo rising R'n'B artiste Alaina who sang her track Juice Box that got some in the crowd on their feet.
Thandy Dlana was her usual sensual self with her trade mark attire - a boob tube orange and green dress with a frilled tail. She gave a scintillating performance backed by Butshilo Nleya on drums and Zet Moyo on the acoustic guitar.
Surprise package Eve Kawadza came all the way from Harare to perform at the show. Her jazzy blues performance endeared her to the crowd and she rounded off her set with a rendition of Prudence Katomeni's BP.
Others who performed were Jazz group Outfit Band and Luke De Luks.
The show ended at 12PM.
Source - chronicle
