Rocky Dawuni is Coming for the Harare International Festival of the Arts 2017

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After Scoring a Song on Ice Cube’s Movie, Rocky Dawuni, Ghanaian Reggae singer, nominated for Best Reggae Album at the GRAMMYS 2016 edition, Rocky Dawuni is coming for Harare International Festival of the Arts 2017.
















This year’s HIFA theme is “STAGING AN INTERVENTION”, while the press still waits the full information on the festival from 2 May 2017 to 7 May 2017 will be released soon.


At a press conference HIFA gave the media a sneak peek into the artistes to expect and Rocky Dawuni was announced. In a conversation in Zanzibar with 2015 Grammy nominee, Rocky Dawuni (Ghana), he said authenticity and innovation can make African artistes break onto the international musical scene.
                                          

“I was nominated for a Grammy for my album ‘Branches of the Same Tree’, which was a first for my country. For an artiste to move beyond their usual environment and break into the global scene, they need that mindset that whatever art they are doing, they are doing it for their people but also for all the people in the world. And your music and how you really position yourself is all towards feeding into that whole philosophy,” said Dawuni.


He spoke about the lack of musical institutions that serve as platforms for artistes to reach the global level. In Ghana, he says many musicians have to carry their brands by themselves without any institutional support system.
“What it did, was make me stronger and understand that for me to push the music forward I had to constantly innovate, be open enough to learn from other sources and really be able to grow my music. I had to strengthen my songwriting and I also got to have a sense of humility so that people could be able to open doors for me. One needs an unquenchable thirst and sense of mission to go out there and be heard,” he added.







His music has a message and we cannot get enough of his reggae sounds and songs of liberation.
Listen to a favorite mood pleaser, I was crying this one evening and saw the notification on YouTube on a new song “Shine a Light”, my mood was lifted up by this video.

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Robin “HAMBA” Chaibva

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