The group made up of Vusa Ndlovu, Dumisani Moyo and Nqobizitha Nkomo all hailing from Bulawayo and famed for their a cappella style accompanied with African drums, clapping and whistles will perform at a benefit concert for a non-governmental organisation in Victoria Falls.
In an interview with Standard Life&Style, the leader of the group Vusa Ndlovu confirmed that they will be performing at the resort town next week.
“We were invited by a French couple who are supporting a children’s project in Zimbabwe.
“They asked if we were interested in performing at a benefit concert for an organisation called Children in the Wilderness.
“We said yes without hesitation because we believe in the power of education. All the proceeds from the concert will go to this project,” Ndlovu said.
Children in the Wilderness is an environmental and life skills educational programme that focuses on the next generation of rural decision makers.
It is one of the few programmes aimed at bridging the divide that exists between communities and wildlife.
Ndlovu promised their fans who will come to the concert a wonderful experience and as they will sample songs from their last two albums which have done well in Europe and North America.
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Quizzed on why they have not held any shows in the country for the last 15 years, Ndlovu shifted the blame to logistics and lack of serious music promoters who can market their music.
The group sings Imbube, traditional music popular in the southern parts of the country.
“We have tried performing in the country before but the logistics have been difficult and also to find serious promoters for the kind of music we do has not been easy,” he said.
“Unfortunately Imbube music is still looked down upon in our country.
“We don’t want to sell our souls to the devil by changing our music and follow new trends and end up doing House music, Kwaito, Sungura or Urban Grooves so that promoters at home can book us.
“Promoters and audiences at home must learn to appreciate their own traditional music and be proud.
“Other countries are supporting their artists and their traditional music big time.”
The trio have two albums to their name, Voices of Southern Africa which sold over 250 000 copies and their latest offering released last year, Voices of Southern Africa Volume 2, a sequel to their debut album.
This year they were honoured with the Radio France World Music Award at the Babel Med World Music Forum in Marseille.
Apart from touring Europe promoting their work, Insingizi has done several collaborations with other musicians.
Some of their songs have been featured in two documentaries, Drakensburg Mountains and The Zambezi River.
Ndlovu revealed that the group will record a new CD in Paris which will be a co-production with Radio France.
The CD will be released in March and will be presented in Babel Med World music fair in Marseille.
