Mahempe fails to utilise the big stage
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Mahempe
Mahempe arrived an hour after midnight to wrap up the annual festival in style. People were gearing up for a long travel back to their respective places in a few hours but most sacrificed just to see a glimpse of Mahempe on stage.
Alongside his dancers, Mahempe arrived in his typical outfit and performed one of his songs entitled Ke gorogile. He finally performed Mahempe and his performance was nothing to write home about and the crowd was unmoved. Mahempe and his dancers did their usual routine and did not excite the crowd that had waited the entire night. He performed a song that he referred as Monnawe mahempe but still to no avail. He completed the night with the repeat of Mahempe in what was a dismal failure.
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