Sam and Owen buried in Harare
Sam Mtukudzi and Owen Chimhare who died in a car crash on Monday morning (15 March 2010), were laid to rest at Warren Hills Cemetery in Harare this afternoon.
Speaking at a service held earlier in the day, Sam’s mother said that she had been robbed of two sons. Her husband, music superstar Oliver Mtukudzi said that Sam and Owen were great children and never gave their parents too many headaches.
Many of those present, including some of the artists that Sam had worked with, broke down intermittently during the service and wept for their friend departed.
Sam Mtukudzi is No More
Sam Mtukudzi (1988-2010)
Sam Mtukudzi is no more. The young music star passed away in the early hours of this morning on his way home in Norton from Harare.
He and his sound engineer Owen Chimhare both died on the spot when their car veered off the road along Bulawayo Road, in the Kuwadzana Extension area.
The Book Café & Mannenberg, Mar 19-28
SPECIALS THIS WEEK
FRI 20, 6-7pm, BOOK CAFÉ HAPPY HOUR! All local beers ‘almost free’! with special live mbira performance by MCINTOSH, Bocapa Xposure winner
March 24-28 ‘NGUVA YEDU - THUBA LETHU – OUR TIME’ Book Café Youth Festival
A multi-disciplinary artistic explosion of young minds of Africa – featuring top Zimbabwean artists joined by young giants in the region – in the big tent! – SEE BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS. Read more
Nguva Yedu – Thuba Lethu – Our Time!
Pamberi Trust – Book Café presents the first edition of its festival of youth – a thrilling 5-day multi-disciplinary arts program featuring Zimbabwe’s top young contemporary artists alongside young artists and arts writers from Senegal, Ghana, Uganda, South Africa, Swaziland, Kenya, Ethiopia and Cameroon.
‘Nguva Yedu – Thuba Lethu – Our Time’ is a celebration of African youth and renewal, creativity and a vision for a future Africa - through music, poetry, comedy, workshops, arts journalism, open discussion and cultural exchange. Read more
The Book Café & Mannenberg, Feb 06–14
SPECIALS THIS WEEK
FRI 06, 6-7pm, BOOK CAFÉ HAPPY HOUR! All local beers ‘almost free’!
FRI 06, 10pm, F.L.A.M.E. BURNING for CLARE NYAKUJARA with THE OTHER FOUR - fresh new creative energy on the Zim afrojazz scene! Another exciting event from Pamberi Trust’s gender project - ‘Female Literary Arts & Music Enterprise’ - supported by Hivos.
SAT 07, 2-5pm, House of Hunger POETRY SLAM – Commemorating ‘International Mother Language Day’ (21 Feb) - Come Feel The Energy! All Poets Welcome. A Pamberi Trust Project supported by Hivos
THE ARTS FACTORY @ The Book Café is a new project by Pamberi Trust to support artistic development, and an alternative non-profit-making sales point for Zimbabwean artists’ CDs - HOT off the press! See below for fresh new music now in stock (all sales direct to artist). Read more
The Book Cafe & Mannenberg, 12-20 December 2008
SPECIAL THIS WEEK
SAT 13, 2-5pm, SISTAZ OPEN MIC – Reflections 2008 & Resolutions 2009. Come on out Sistaz - This is UR space, come do UR thang! Song, Dance, Poetry, Whateva - An open mic platform for women artists, in the safety of daytime! - Register with Rudo B4 2pm on 793182, 792551.
A project by Pamberi Trust, supported by Hivos.
MON 15, 7pm, BOCAPA XPOSURE presents EDENE – R’n'B - young, funky, soulful, hip. A Pamberi Trust youth project supported by Hivos
WED 17, 5.30pm, LITERARY DISCUSSION – ‘BOOK OF NOT’ by Tsitsi Dangarembga. Speakers: Mandi Chikombero (Ohio Univ) and Josephine Muganiwa (UZ), chaired by Ruby Magosvongwe (UZ).
SAT 20, 2-5pm, BOCAPA XPOSURE OPEN MIC afternoon – your chance to shine! A platform for aspiring artists to show off their talent & potential. To perform, Register B4 2pm with Mandla. A Pamberi Trust Project supported by Hivos
SUN 21, from 6pm-1am – YOUNG ARTISTS UNITE on Unity Day Eve – A 7-hour spectacular featuring hot young groups on the block - Josh & Daniel Meck, Victor Kudakwashe, Reverb, Hope Masike, Tendai Manatsa, Chabvondoka!
MON 22 , BOOK CAFÉ & MANNENBERG CLOSED FOR UNITY DAY Read more
