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MBABANE – The sky is the limit.
1hlonipho Dlamini is proving day in and day out that the sky is the limit for him and his work.
-ust as his local and South African (SA) fans were learning the lyrics to his new single featuring SA musician AB Crazy, ‘All the way’, the artist has announced that he is now work ing on a new single featuring music legend Oskido, on an extended play (E3) titled ‘Ithuba’.
:hen reached for comment, the artist confirmed the news of the col laboration and how it came about.
Chemistry
Dlamini also shared that he had been following the D-’s career for Tuite some time and when the pair met at a function, the musical chemistry spoke loudly than words could have.
+e shared that as much as he was holding back from fanning out and having his hands full of his other proMects, he couldn’t say no to such a ed foreign ways to success, we’re back to sTuare one if not at a lower state and huge opportunity to work with the SA musical ‘giant’.
According to Dlamini, Oskido shared with him that he was Tuite excited and ready for people to hear the magic that they have been work ing on.
7he E3 will be released on )riday this will be the first of many as they mentioned that they will release an nual proMects.
7he next proMect is set to be released early next year.
Collaboration
7hese are some of the numerous proMects the artist shared that he was working, on including collaboration with SA’s 5obot Boy and *rammy nominee, =akes Bantwini.
7he artist has revealed in a number of interviews with this publication that he was grateful for the great opportunities.
³,t is an out of this world experi ence, and at times , need to pinch myself Must to make sure , am not dreaming. 7his is because it is Tuite it’s devastating.´
About five interested parties in the entertainment industry were inter viewed on the subMect, and they all shared the same sentiments of fear and despair. According to them, there’s an urgent need for peace as this situation was affecting people’s livelihood. 7his may be new to the kingdom but certainly not to the world.
5ecently, police in Egypt ordered public events to be curtailed amid growing calls on social media urg ing people to Moin anti government protests.
Restrictions
As a result, restrictions were im posed on sports venues, youth cen tres, businesses, cafes, film festivals and tourism offices preventing all ex pected revenue for the entertainment sector of that country. Eswatini hasn’t reached that stage so far. Should an event be cancelled given the current state, it would be a first of its kind, one of the concerns worrying artists in the country.
7he Eswatini 1ational Council of Arts and Culture (E1CAC) Chief Executive
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rare to live in a dream you had been having for so long, on foreign land,´
Office (CEO), Stanley Dlamini shared with this publication that he felt that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and African 8n ion (A8) had given artists the freedom of movement during these times and assured them of their safety and that the nation had to revert back to its culture as it is the one thing that has binded it.
³:hether in communism, democra cy or whatever the situation, culture is our gold and the people should really scrutinise if they really need to divert such rich belonging for the unknown,´ said Dlamini.
Promote
7he E1CAC is an administrative organisation under the Ministry of Sports, Culture and 7he latest proMect is Must a testament According to Dlamini, the perspec tive of the council is to encourage the artist body to keep doing what they do best and not let these situations worry them. 7he relevant authorities are handling everything on the ground while they as a council will make sure that artist’s work is not in harm’s way. Meaning that upcoming events would go on as planned unless there’s a national shutdown, which would not only affect events but businesses across the country. Also, international artists are top priority in the eyes of Eswatini Arts and Culture and that if ever they would be worried about their safety in the kingdom, those worries, through security provision, would be put to rest. Actually there have been mo ments where artists from neighbour ing countries turned down gigs at the last minute because of the political unrest in the country. 7he most recent example is when SA duo Mafikizolo didn’t show up for the Standard Bank /uMu )ood and /ifestyle )estival last year. 7hey cleared the air Must recently at the 7rue /ife )estival where they mentioned how they couldn’t come and put their safety on the line. At that time, some fans who attend ed the show in anticipation of the duo felt the need to express themselves and this was seen on various social media comments but the artists were well within their rights to turn the gig down. Many of the rights of the profes sional creative class are entitled to the protection as human rights. Artist rights are human rights. 7he human right of artists is a different concept from intellectual property rights, such as copyright. ,ntellectual property rights are created by national laws and the human rights of artists are recognised as the fundamental rights of all persons by all of the central human rights documents to which hundreds of countries have agreed. 7hese rights resonate in a number of international and national docu ments, allowing for artists to be free to express themselves anyhow and should not be harmed especially for their work and everything related. of how things are coming together for the artist.Anticipation