Hope Masike threw down her first performance at Alliance Francaise de Harare after coming back from Kenya, and she basically turned the whole thing into a healing ritual with her mbira setup. She rolled with a three-piece band that eventually became four people, and the vibe was all about letting the traditional music take everyone wherever it needed to go. Masike apparently picked up the healing angle after attending the Third Feminist Republic Festival, where she heard brutal stories about women in conflict zones getting abused.
The show had her switching between singing, dancing, and cracking jokes while messing around with different sounds. She dropped Chaminuka Ndimambo over a hip-hop-style backing, which reminded everyone that she can basically bend genres however she wants. The crowd went wild after every track, and for a couple of hours, people forgot the outside world existed and just vibed with the music.
The show had her switching between singing, dancing, and cracking jokes while messing around with different sounds. She dropped Chaminuka Ndimambo over a hip-hop-style backing, which reminded everyone that she can basically bend genres however she wants. The crowd went wild after every track, and for a couple of hours, people forgot the outside world existed and just vibed with the music.
