{"id":37552,"date":"2018-05-25T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/south-african-afro-soul-artiste-to-grace-rwanda-s\/"},"modified":"2019-01-06T19:36:10","modified_gmt":"2019-01-06T19:36:10","slug":"south-african-afro-soul-artiste-to-grace-rwanda-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/south-african-afro-soul-artiste-to-grace-rwanda-s\/","title":{"rendered":"South African Afro-soul artiste to grace Rwanda\u2019s \u2018Live and Unplugged show\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The keenly awaited 27-year-old award winning singer will be performing in the \u2018Live and Unplugged\u2019 event that will take place on Saturday, on 26th May 2018 in Kigali Cultural Village.<\/p>\n<p>Now in its fourth year, The Live and Unplugged show, organized by AfroGroov, will be the ultimate place to be, while hosting the unique continental star.<\/p>\n<p>IGIHE had a chat with the woman of the moment, where she acknowledged her excitement for the coming show and her performance in Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>Her performance in Kigali is part of her East African tour, which took her to Kampala in Uganda and Nairobi in Kenya earlier this month, and as she said &#8220;What better place to end my performance than Rwanda&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Afro-soul singer has been in the music industry for quite some time, having worked with legend artistes such as the late Hugh Masekela and Oliver Mtukudzi, building a great reputation not only in South Africa but all over the continent.<\/p>\n<p>Upon working with late South African jazz trumpeter, Hugh Masekela, Berita says &#8220;I really enjoyed working with Hugh Masekela, and I still miss him. I remember he used to say to me and a lot of people that he never wants to get to a point where we say, &#8216;We used to be Africans&#8217; and he said that if you don&#8217;t explore your culture and heritage, you&#8217;ll get to that position. By being on this tour, I&#8217;m carrying on what he taught me about my culture and myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Afro soul singer gave some insightful remarks on her opinion on Rwanda, saying the country was set to become the next anchor of Africa<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rwanda, you&#8217;re in such a special position and I feel like something is brewing here. In the next few years, I\u2019m sure you&#8217;re going to be the next anchor of Africa. They should call you Rwakanda.&#8221; She gushed<\/p>\n<p>Berita Khumalo has won several accolades such as the 12th Metro Award for Best African album, 2013 Metro Awards-Best African Pop Album, while she was also nominated for Best Afro Soul Artist at the 8th annual Zimbabwe Achievers Awards in South Africa.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25460 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry4b9940-11738.jpg\" alt=\"The keenly awaited 27-year-old award winning singer will be performing in the \u2018Live and Unplugged\u2019 show\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25462 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry4b9933-b14bb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25463 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/hugh_masekela_yubatse_ibigwi_mu_njyana_no_gucuranga_saxophone_-a1d6b.jpg\" alt=\"Late South African jazz trumpeter, Hugh Masekela\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25459 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/569049974501097266-9eb7b.jpg\" alt=\"The Live and Unplugged show has brought to Kigali, Africa\u2019s creme de la creme, Berita Gugugulethu\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c6xXDI6k8Cg\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dQVvi4Sn8-I\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African Afro-Soul artiste Berita Khumalo is in Kigali, where she will grace Rwanda&#8217;s Live and Unplugged show attendees with outstanding optimal musical bliss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[75],"byline":[196],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-37552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-homenews","byline-olga-i-ishimwe"],"bylines":[{"id":196,"name":"Olga I. 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