Johwa aims to impress at Grahamstown Festival debut

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One of Botswana's best jazz artists Ndingo Johwa will for the first time be participating in the Grahamstown Arts Festival pencilled for June 28 - July 8.

This arts festival is Africa's largest and most colourful cultural event featuring the very best indigenous and international performers who annually converge on this Eastern Cape city of South Africa.

"This festival brings a lot of artists from all over the world to take part. I will be performing there for the first time and I aim to show the world how we play Afro jazz in Botswana," Johwa said in an interview. He said that he intends to sell the country's music to other countries.

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