SALIMA\u2013based group Khwidzi Choir will perform in Blantyre for the first time since its formation in 2002.<\/p>\n
The group, which made headlines in 2009 after releasing its debut album titled Thupi Lovulala before going silent, arrives in Blantyre today and will hold performances and engage in other activities before going back to Salima on Monday.<\/p>\n
Khwidzi Choir, which is under Malowa CCAP, has 35 members ranging from the ages of six years to 40.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of the members are not active but the group is dominated by women, we have 21 women and 14 men. The secret behind the group is that we work with children and this is one way of teaching them the word of God whilst young,\u201d said the groups music director Steven Singano.<\/p>\n
He said they have been holding performances in other areas since releasing Thupi Lovulala but have never had a performance in Blantyre. \u201cWe are happy to have a chance to perform in Blantyre through a partnership with Ndirande Kachere CCAP Singers.<\/p>\n
As a group our plans are to reach out to more people. We have had funding problems since releasing our debut album. Piracy also affected us as people pirated the DVD of our album,\u201d said Singano.<\/p>\n
He said as a group they have been receiving invitations to perform in different gospel concerts but they have failed to make it due to the protocols they have to go through in the CCAP Nkhoma Synod.<\/p>\n
The group\u2019s 13-year old Prisca Stephano, who has been leading in most of the songs and started performing when he was nine years, said the Blantyre tour, will give them a chance to perform to a different audience but also announce their second coming with their second album titled Iza Wolema.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt first we wanted to name this second album Ndadza Kuyika Thupi Lake as a follow up to the previous album but we changed it to Idza Wolema to give respect to one of our members who passed away. She was nine years old and led one of the songs,\u201d said Stephano.<\/p>\n
Some of the songs in the group\u2019s second album include \u2018Nsembe Yanga,\u2019\u2019Zonse Kumwamba,\u2019 \u2018Chitani Mbuye,\u2019 \u2018Yesu Mfumu,\u2019 and \u2018Ndatopa Nawe.\u2019 Ndirande Kachere CCAP Singers Secretary Chimwemwe Malisuku said they decided to build a relationship with a group from far as part of ministering the word of God. \u201cIt\u2019s a relationship which will help in spreading the word of God.<\/p>\n
Khwidzi Choir has never had a performance in Blantyre and so this is a chance for people to see them performing live at Ndirande Kachere CCAP. We have a festival on Sunday where several other choirs will perform on Sunday,\u201d said Malisuku.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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