Hope’s songs of redemption
The Making of a Unique Band
“By the rivers of Babylon I sat and wept,” thus sang the long- suffering Hebrews in their time of Babylonian captivity. They found themselves singing God’s song in a strange land. But though the song speaks of tears, it is actually a song of hope and redemption. The very act of singing it meant that the singers had in actual fact symbolically freed themselves. And, in these turbulent times we live in, we need songs and singers with enormous emotional power that can heal our grief, assuage our anxieties and allow us to hope for a better future. Hope Masike neKakuwe have it in them to do just this and more.
Hope, second from left, and members of Kakuwe
The dream and vision to form Kakuwe was born long before Hope decided to enrol at the Zimbabwe College of Music. Born with music in her blood, an independent feisty spirit, Hope was always someone who marched to a different drum, and so it was not surprising that when she decided to take her music seriously, she wanted to form a unique band with a different sound. Read more
Living a simple life
Like many people, you probably run through your life bogged down by a heavy load of worries about finances, traffic jams, your career, how you look, and what people think of you etc.
Thoughts rummage through your head like the mad rush of a river on a stormy day, all needing attention which reduces you to a monkey-state.
In reality, as much as you worry about giving shape to your life, you need to realize that you actually have very little control.
The unending spiral of thoughts and desires to control your existence only leads to suffering, distress and despair.
Rather than becoming a victim of the intransient and ephemeral, there is a way to enjoy your life at the cost of nothing.
What more, when you choose to enjoy your life in its presence form, you become who you really are and will find yourself attracting better things towards your being. Read more
