Don Laka chooses Eswatini over world
MBABANE – South African Jazz legend, Don Laka visited the Times of Eswatini, for an exclusive interview yesterday.
He is slated to perform at the SiEeEe 5esort on Sunday. 7he artist shared with this puElication that he chose to perform in the country for the ,nter national Ja]] Day which is celeErated worldwide.
³, had the option to go anywhere in the world, Eut , chose (swatini Eecause , am comfortaEle here. , wanted to give such a Eig celeEration a platform in this country, hoping that from this year it will continue to grow seeing how it has gained momentum in the whole world,´ said the Ja]] legend.
Don /aNa arrived in the Ningdom yesterday, he is here for the Ja]]y Soul Sunday.
Highlight
7he show will Ee celeErating ,nternational Ja]] Day, which was declared Ey the 8nited 1ations (ducational, Scientific and Cul tural 2rganisa tion in . µto highlight Ja]] and its diplo matic role of uniting people in all corners of the gloEe¶. ,t is celeErat ed annually on $pril .
7he con cept came with from Ja]] pia nist and 81(SC2 *oodwill $mEassador HerEie HancocN. 1early
countries participate in ,nterna tional Ja]] Day every year.
,n addition to concerts and jam sessions, events include worNshops, conferences and community outreach initiatives.
Worth
7he legend e[pressed that he loved (swatini and spent most of his time in the country, he even joNed that the venue where he will Ee performing is right in his EacNyard. ,t is also worth mentioning that the legend shared with this puElication that (swatini was his other home as he married a liSwati from, 0otshane. ³SiEeEe 5esort is Tuite Eeautiful and historic and it is right in my EacNyard.
³, have Eeen all over the world and , have never seen such Eeauty, cold Eut it is an ama]ing place and the cold is similar to where my wife is from, which is 0otshane.´
/aNa mentioned how this upcom ing performance was going to Ee a good concert and he was given the platform to perform as much material as he wanted.
He further shared how he prepared some of his old and Nnown songs and some of his new songs for the event. ,n that light, the talent in the Ningdom was praised, Ey the Ja]] artist, and said there was so much talent in the country
Don Laka invested in Gcobani During the 071 %ushfire )estival, Don /aNa was seen on stage performing with local artist *coEani, commonly Nnown Ey his stage name, 7he Soul 3rince. 7he duo thereafter worNed on a couple of projects together.
³, have invested all my energy in *coEani, Eecause , Eelieve he is the ne[t Eig thing, not only in (swatini Eut in the whole $frican continent,´ said Don /aNa. He further mentioned that he is an incrediEle talented mu sician and that he would go far in the music industry. 7he Ja]] legend has worNed with a couple of artist including the mentioned *coEani, %holoja, sa[ophonist =wile and rap per )lameEoy 8niverse.