The Return Of The Music Queen

However, at the listening session of her most recent album 'Cherikwa' at Gaborone Hotel last Wednesday, Olebile 'Maxy' Sedumedi did the noble thing and declared that she was not out there to compete with the up and coming contemporary traditional music artistes. The 'Queen of the Sands' told scores of her fans, who braved the wintry cold to support her, that "Ga nkake ka tlhakatlhakana le bana ke ntse ke ba ruta"- (I cannot compete with those that I am busy mentoring).

Among the guests were fellow artistes Bafana 'Phempheretlhe' Pheto, Shima Monageng, Nono Seile, Astley Gops, Steve Kuhlman, Frank 'Franco' Lesokwane, Odirle 'Vee' Sento and Kearoma from Ex-Cut-Edge. Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) executive secretary Comma Serema also graced the event.