Mourning after: The inevitability of living legends

Mengwe has encouraged people to change their mind-set and celebrate their own especially while they are still alive PIC KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Mengwe has encouraged people to change their mind-set and celebrate their own especially while they are still alive PIC KENNEDY RAMOKONE

“There was a beautiful soul in her’, ‘his artisry was an inspiration’, ‘she was pioneer, mentor and mother figure,’ ‘the way he played guitar was unparalleled and magical’. These are some of the tributes people coin when their beloved legends in the creative industry pass on but they don't honor and pay homage to artists while they are still living, writes Arts & Culture Writer MOMPATI TLHANKANE.

From Tebogo ‘Tebby’ Sethomo, Tops Masole, Angus Mcneil and Sasa Klaas earlier this year to Lekofi Sejeso and Rabojalwa Keetile recently the year has seen mass mourning by the public for major arts figures. While COVID-19 related deaths continue to rise nationally, the country has seen profound losses in the industry of art, an industry which has been shut since last year in April.

It will take some time to fully appreciate the extent of the losses that the creative industry has experienced across the duration of the pandemic. As people continue to lament over the passing of the creative figures, it also exposes how unappreciated the latter were while they were still alive. Some players in the creative industry recently came out to express that this is not a healthy way to celebrate the departed legends that have lived creatively and left a huge legacy. “We continue to lose great talent of our generation at trying times.

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