Sulumani Chimbetu, son to music icon Simon Chimbetu, intends to retrace his Malawian roots as well as launch a career here.
Sulumani has since hinted that he is in the process of translating some of his songs done in Shona into Chichewa.
The musician also plans to hold some gigs in the country.
Entertainment Republic, a music and arts promotions company which is handling Sulumani’s affairs, has confirmed development.
Max Mugaba of Entertainment Republic said Sulumani has decided to take an extraordinary step and take his music to the country of his forefathers.
“He is currently working on translating the songs he did in Shona into Chichewa in readiness for the Malawian market,” Mugaba said.
He said in cementing this move, Entertainment Republic is working on an introductory gig where Sulumani will play with his full band.
“This development will mark the start of a permanent feature of gigs in Malawi and this will surely start later this year,” he said.
Mugaba, said after the death of his father in 2005, Sulumani left the air force of Zimbabwe where he was working to pursue a professional music career.
With the departure of his uncle from The Orchestra Dendera Kings lineup, according to Mugaba, Sulumani took control of the band.
He then launched a fully-fledged solo career with a debut album in 2007 Ndomusiya Nani.
“This was the start of a journey to stardom in music for him and he embarked on a tour to support his work both locally and abroad and the apex of his career came when he launched his fourth album Syllabus,” he said.
Syllabus is an album which was released in 2012 and has a song ‘Sean Timba’ featuring Jah Prayzah.
Since releasing Syllabus, Sulumani has released two more albums.
Mugaba said Sulumani has kept himself alive with sungura music which, he indicated, holds a special place in the Zimbabwean entertainment space.
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