Kirk Whalum set to perform in Botswana

Kirk Whalum
Kirk Whalum

American smooth jazz saxophonist, Kirk Whalum is set to headline this year’s Gaborone International Music Culture (GIMC) week jazz event.

Kirk Whulam’s Botswana invitation comes after being chosen by the avid GIMC and jazz followers to be the main act of the jazz event. The event will be held on August 26 at a venue yet to be announced.

The artist is well known for making a number of collaborations with the late Luther Vandross and Whitney Huston.

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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...

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