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Jazz lovers in for a treat

Boago Benju PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Boago Benju PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Jazz music lovers in Maun will this Sunday be treated to best of the locals’ soulful melodies at an event dubbed Thari Ya Sechaba Jazz Festival and Family Fun Day billed for Luna Garden.

The event's title comes from the Setswana idiom Mosadi ke thari ya sechaba, which simply means women are the backbone of the nation. Therefore, it is on that note that the organisers of the event came up with an all local female jazz artists to serenade revellers on the day. The event is organised by BTK Productions & Masters Valley.

The line-up would include popular Botswana women of Jazz: Nnunu Ramogotsi-Neil, Nono Siile and Punah Gabasiane-Molale. Other female artists to grace the festival are Rachel Taukobong, Atamelang, Tebogo Ketlhoilwe, Poifo, Boago Fenju, who recently scooped three awards during the BOMU awards, Zana Cultural Vanguard and Kanvuthu Ika Jazz ladies.

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