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Mookomba on stage

Yeukai Karengezeka-Chisepo Arts Correspondent
Celebrated afro fusion ensemble Mokoomba who recently returned from Europe gave a good performance that left fans begging for more at The Venue in Avondale in Harare over the weekend.

The group was performing during an Amarula cocktail event hosted by African Distillers to celebrate the new look of the African product. The high profiled event was running under theme “Afrocentric-The African in you”.

This was their first show in the capital after touring Europe for the past five months. Well co-ordinated instrumentation, powerful vocals and well choreographed dances was evidence of their performing prowess.

They started with an instrumental of the zimdancehall song “Takazvarwa Takangodaro” by Killer T followed by a cover song “Sina Makosa by the Kenyan band Les Wanika

The crowd went wild when their dished out their popular hits like “Njoka”, “Masangongo”, “Muzwile” and “Kundiliswe” and they maintained the momentum throughout their performance.

The acapella song “Nyaradzo” was a sing along and a favourite of many. Mokoomba’s music incorporates rap, ska, soukous and Afro-Cuban tunes with their own traditional music and often sung in the Tonga language. Mokoomba hails from Chinotimba Township in the tourist border town of Victoria Falls.

Speaking at the cocktail Afdis brand manager Donna Marowa said they were happy to introduce the new look on the bottle top that has the shape of an elephant tusk. She added that as a brand they were concerned about the number of elephants left in the entire world.

“We share a very close relationship with elephants because we are connected not only through our African roots but also through the marula fruit which elephants enjoy a lot.

“Unfortunately there are less than four thousands elephant left in the whole world,” she said. In a bit to help preserve lives of the elephants Marowa said they decided to partner with Conservation Wildlife Fund (CWF) by giving them US$2 000.

“We are making collective efforts to ensure that elephants are preserved and to achieve that we decided to donate US$2000 to CWF .We believe this will help them in their activities,” she said.