LOCAL artiste Tapiwa Munyayi, popularly known as Tapz Afrique Munya from the Group Savanna Afros, was recently selected to represent Zimbabwe in the Music Bridges 2014 in Maputo and Bilene Mozambique from May 22 to June4.
By Tinashe Sibanda Entertainment Reporter
This project, organised by Music Crossroads Mozambique in partnership with COSV and Further Arts, aims to strengthen the music industry as a tool of poverty reduction in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific(ACP) countries.
This project will see the participation of young musicians from Southern Africa aged between 18 and 30 taking into account gender balance.
“Being part of the selected among other young Southern African musicians really means a lot to me. I have proved that l can be part of change regarding to the challenges we are facing as young adults,” said Munyayi.
He added that his burden was to carry Zimbabwe on his shoulders as he would be representing it at the Music Bridges festival.
Munyayi said it was going to be a life-changing experience as he would be learning how to use his talent and skills as an artiste to bring social change to his own society.
Music Bridges 2014 also aims to reinforce the creation and production of music goods and services in Mozambique and Vanuatu, in the perspective of South-South cooperation and networking amongst regional and European artistic contexts, through an integrated approach with distribution circuits.
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The main activities foreseen under this project include creative residential music camps, collective public music performances, the cooperation in the production of Music Festivals and performances, workshops and classes on the music industries of the ACP countries.
Muunyayi said there would also be other activities in Mozambique, which will contribute to the strengthening of the music industry of the involved ACP countries.
“This will not be the last project also because l am going to the United States to participate in the One Beat programme in September which is similar to this project too,” he added.
Munyayi said this would further boost hiscareer as a young artiste as he will be working with several artistes from three different continents, waking up with music and making music every day.
“I am really excited to be part of it,” he said.
