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In celebration of the 5 th year anniversary for his debut single ''Feel for life'', Roeshdien Jaz presents a live show of music and poetic entertainment at the Reeler Theatre (Ronderbosch Boys High School) this coming Saturday – featuring Cape Town Vocal Quartet ‘Protégé’ and Spoken Word artist Siphokazi Jonas! Roeshdien Jaz and Protégé are both young musical acts from Cape Town, who’s been in the music industry for more than 10 years. In addition to the live show, these two acts have recently recorded a new single with Clive Ridgway (Smile 90.4fm) titled “Be A Man” – a song inspired by the '16 Days of activism for violence against women'. Protégé Vocalist Ebrahiem Floris is excited to be collaborating with Roeshdien, and shares a bit of his music history with us. “Protégé started way back with my 3 friends when we were at Cathkin High School,” he says. “With all the challenges that our youth faces in our community, we thought why not try to inspire the...

In keeping with the Africa Day (25 th May) consciousness, the Cape Cultural Collective (CCC) invites YOU to celebrate our continent’s rich culture and diversity at their ‘We Are Africa’ program on Friday 29 th May at the SA Sendinggestig Museum (40 Long Street, Cape Town) - a night of poetry, music and dance!   The program for the evening will include a range of poets, storytellers, dances and musicians who will engage the audience with their art, as they share their personal reflections of Africa. A few of them will include Blues musician Elton Goslett (Blues), belly dancer Mish Hendricks as well as the ever-popular Rosa Choir who will sing traditional songs in English, Afrikaans and Xhosa! CCC Communications Coordinator June Knight encourages all lovers of art and music to come and join in on the Africa Day celebration on Friday night. “We look forward to another great evening, where a diverse group of African individuals will connect,” she says. “Come and celeb...