BW artist record a xenophobia track
Dumisani Ncube | Thursday May 7, 2015 14:46
This comes a week after 180 musicians from across Africa recorded a cover track for track for We Are The World, a song that encourages global peace and unity.
The seven local musicians from different genres namely D-Nice, Nandobizle from Amanandos, jazz sensation Tshenolo, Bouncy, Kast, Oratile, a ten year old musician and FPMG producer Prince Majaye recorded a track titled Heaven Hear Us, which talks about eliminating hatred amongst people.
Heaven Hear Us producer, Majaye, said they recorded the track after Off Campus agents approached him with the idea of recording the track.
“We then assembled a number of artists from different backgrounds that would be part of the team, which will record a track that is against xenophobic attacks,” he said.
Majaye said that the artists who were selected to feature in the track were representing Botswana artists as a whole. He also said that it represents a prayer for Africa as Botswana musicians against all violent attacks. Asia-bound local pop star Bouncy, who is also part of Heaven Hear Us, said the song encourages African unity and criticises the xenophobic attacks.
“The song defines our aggressive stance against xenophobic attacks. We as local artists encouraging peace and unity among all Africans,” she said. All the artists contributed to writing the song, proving their versatility through their singing and rapping skills.
The first group of artists to record a song for a good cause included the late king of pop Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie and several other musicians, when they recorded a charity song titled We Are The World, in1985. African artists, including Tiwa Savage, Kelly Khumalo, Aiamond and Mafikizolo, recently remade the song as a way of speaking out against xenophobia.
The shocking spate of xenophobic violence, which occurred several weeks ago, left the world in shock following the deaths of a number of foreigners and the displacement of thousands more.