Bongo Love to release self-titled album

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Internationally-acclaimed Afro-acoustic four-member group Bongo Love is set to release a self-titled fourth album.

Internationally-acclaimed Afro-acoustic four-member group Bongo Love is set to release a self-titled fourth album.

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Bongo Love

NONHLANHLA SIBANDA OWN CORRESPONDENT

In response to questions from Southern Eye Lifestyle, the group said, the upcoming album Bongo Love would be different from other works they have produced as it fuses Ndebele and Shona in order to appeal to a wider audience.

As an emerging musical force, this dynamic group has fused styles from all over the world, including rhythms from Zimbabwe to create a unique and utterly infectious type of music.

“This album promises to be a remarkable one and we are looking forward to it’s release. It captures the attention of many people as it is multi-cultural,” the group said.

“We have incorporated Ndebele and Shona — the two widely spoken languages in Zimbabwe — as a way to boost our audience.”

The group boasts close to 2 000 followers on the social network Facebook and have travelled to Mozambique, Sweden, and the Dominican Republic, leading to first major tour of the Unites States in 2007.

“We have a female vocalist on board, Claire Dangarembwa, from Nobuntu as a backing vocalist to diversify the sound of our music and we have added a base-guitar played by our drummer Dennis Mashaisha to add more flavour,” the group said.

“We produced Bongo Love in a way that people of Zimbabwe would appreciate as a positive life-transforming force. We value national unity and we hope that this tenet is encouraged by our songs.”

One of the main tracks off the album is titled Zimbabwe.

It preaches the gospel of coming together in love and harmony for the betterment of socioeconomic status.

Their previous albums, Future Voices, Afrocoustics and Rwendo continue to widen their fan base around the world.