Sereetsi�s debut album, a journey
Wednesday, May 06, 2015
Sereetsi
Chances are that, ultimately, you imagine him with a beautiful wife and children. But out of the blue your son comes home one day and calls you, his parents, aside and ushers the words you have waited for, “Mum and dad I want to get married”. The two of you are over the moon but that happiness suddenly turns into a mixture of shock and anger as your beloved son tells you, “I want to marry Robert”.
Well, emerging folklore jazz artist Tomeletso Sereetsi of Sereetsi and The Natives fame, captures this scenario in song.
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...