Dancing In The Rain With Tuku And Franco
Monday, October 09, 2017
Franco with Charma Gal on stage at Botswana Craft PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
The heavy rains started pouring moments before Franco opened up the event with revellers seeking refugee under the shades and trees. It was a sold out show that had a multi-racial and cultural audience. Franco had revellers going ecstatic as he performed classic rhumba music from yester years and new tracks such as Tipi Ya Mokwatla, E Ya Le Nna Babilone and Bokgaitsadi.
Franco’s performance was full of energy and had revellers eating from the palm of his hands. The band and dancers made it more ecstatic and creative with the energetic moves and chants that were linear to the instrumentation.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...