MTN BUSHFIRE 2024 ENDS ON HIGH, 2025 DATE SET

MBABANE – The dates for the next years 18th edition of the MTN Bushfire Festival have already been released.

They were released on Sunday evening on the MTN Bushfire social media pages which revealed that the festival will be hosted from May 30 to June 1.This year’s festival was a success as festivalgoers continue to show up in their numbers to celebrate music, art and embrace diversity. On this page we share with you some of the moments which were captured during last two days of the festival. Musicians such as Naakmusiq, Lerato Kganyago, Vigro Deep, !Sooks as well as DJ Tendaness brought their fire for this years festival.

Musicians

There were also other local musicians such as talented spinner Zulu D, The Scientists, Black Pearl, DJ Menzi, as well as IYa also put on a show during this year’s festival. One of the most daring highlights for this year’s festival has to be Mali couple and musicians Amadou and Mariam who performed on the Main stage on Saturday.

Worth mentioning is the fact that the couple is visually impaired. Amadou lost his vision at the age of 16, while Mariam became visually impaired at age five due to untreated measles. Known as ‘The blind couple from Mali’, they met at Mali’s Institute for the Young Blind, where they performed at the institute’s Eclipse Orchestra, directed by Idrissa Soumaouro and found they shared an interest in music.

Furthermore, this year’s festival boasted a blockbuster line-up. The likes of Makhadzi and Maleh were also not left out. They showed up to showcase the best when it comes to music performances. Born Ndivhunzannyi Ralivhona known by her stage name Makhadzi, is a South African singer. Born and raised in Ha-Mashamba, Limpopo, her career began at the age of 12 as dancer prior pursuing a music career as a singer, while she was attending school she signed a record deal with Rita Dee Entertainment and released Muhwalo Uya Ndemela in 2015.

Attention

She garnered local attention after her single ‘Tshanda Vhuya’ released in 2017. Her second studio album Matorokisi released in 2019, debuted at number two in South Africa. Born Malehloka Hlalele, popularly known as Maleh, recognised for her heartfelt love ballads, and songs like ‘Sokalam’ and ‘Lerato laka’ are true to form, maintaining her reputation as an amorous songwriter, from her heart to her pen. In her popular song titled ‘Dem go say’, Maleh shares her vulnerability after experiencing heartbreak, while going on to encourage belief in the healing power of love and the eternal hope inherent in the quest for true Love.

The album is produced by Nigerian producer, Goldsmith, who has steered the music onto an international stage, approaching it with sound choices that produce a current and youthful character, which inevitably for makes a beautiful blend and fusion of West African and Southern African melodies and sound.

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