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HARARE – Shoko Festival returns this year for its 6th edition and has kicked off this morning with several events lined up in the capital over the next 3 days.
The fete starts with The Hub Unconference, a series of talks running at Harare City Library. The media talks feature several guest speakers from respected media houses including Aljazeera’s Raheela Mahomed and Facebook’s Lauretta Mtomela among others.
Tonight will see a comedy night at Reps Theater featuring an act by South African based comedian Farhan Esat. The evening will be hosted by Cde Fatso, with local comedians billed to perform includin Michael K, Maforty, King Kandoro, and Tinaye.
On Saturday night a unique addition to the festival will rock Harare; Mash Up night. Sungura will clash with Hip Hop, Jit will clash with EDM and cross-genre collaboration will be the vibe of the night.
Festival junkies are in for treat as they will have a chance to watch unlikely collabos like ZCC Mbungwe Stars and Hip Hop star T Shoc, Vabati Vajehova will perform alongside EDM artist, Zyon Black, while Tamy Moyo will collaborate with Norwegian Hip Hop act, Awesomnia.
The festival’s headline act, South Africa’s Gqom queen, Moonchild Sanelly, will jet in tomorrow to make an appearance at the Mash Up nights ahead of the Peace In The Hood concert in Unit L, Chitungwiza.
On Sunday, the festival hosts the second Hip Hop Summit with a wide range of speakers presenting on different subjects aimed at growing the local hip hop industry. This is before music lovers are treated to the Peace In The Hood concert in Chitungwiza where Moonchild Sanelly is expected to share the stage with Hip Hop man of the moment Asaph.
Other artists performing on Sunday are Guspy Warrior, Ricky Fire and Dadza D.
