{"id":64174,"date":"2018-04-20T09:56:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T07:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=64174"},"modified":"2018-04-20T09:56:18","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T07:56:18","slug":"ready-to-be-served-will-kuimba-11-shine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2018\/04\/20\/ready-to-be-served-will-kuimba-11-shine\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready to be served, will \u2018Kuimba 11\u2019 shine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reggae group Black Missionaries said Thursday that their <em>Kuimba 11 <\/em>is ready for sampling.<\/p>\n<p>The group\u2019s lead vocalist, Anjiru Fumulani, said they have enjoyed working on the 11-track album with producer Amos Mlolowa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have worked very hard and we thank God that, despite power shortages, everything went well. It\u2019s an all-reggae album,\u201d Anjiru said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Black Missionaries have announced that they will release four promotional singles today. The singles are \u2018Zofuna Mtima Wanga\u2019, \u2018 Umboni\u2019, \u2018Special Lover\u2019, and \u2018Mbusa\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He also revealed that they will launch the album on June 29 at Comesa Hall in Blantyre, Lilongwe Golf Club on July 1 and Mzuzu month end of July.<\/p>\n<p>It is a stern test for the group as people are expecting the best.<\/p>\n<p>Since the death of Evison Matafale in 2001, an artists who won the hearts of many with his compositions, and Musamude Fumulani, Black Missionaries has continued the mission of releasing <em>Kuimba <\/em>albums.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have maintained the message of love, peace and harmony, giving hope to mankind,\u201d Anjiru said.<\/p>\n<p>When the group released <em>Kuimba 10<\/em>, they received heavy criticism, with some saying the songs were shallow, only for the album to pick up later.<\/p>\n<p>In a related development, Anthony Mr Cool Makondetsa said power shortages affected him greatly; hence, delaying the release of his album.<\/p>\n<p>The musician was supposed to be the first to launch his album before Black Missionaries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have finished everything now but I am mixing. Power shortages delayed me. I will come out with more details later,\u201d Makondetsa said.<\/p>\n<p>Anjiru said they, as brothers, will discuss issues such as who launches first.<\/p>\n<p>Another Chileka sibling, Khonzie Masimbe, is also finalising his album <em>Utatu Woyera<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reggae group Black Missionaries said Thursday that their Kuimba 11 is ready for sampling. The group\u2019s lead vocalist, Anjiru Fumulani, said they have enjoyed working on the 11-track album with producer Amos Mlolowa. \u201cWe have worked very hard and we thank God that, despite power shortages, everything went well. It\u2019s an all-reggae album,\u201d Anjiru said. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":64177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64174"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64178,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64174\/revisions\/64178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}