ZIMBABWE could in 2015 hold the first-ever music world cup.
Silence Charumbira Entertainment Reporter
This comes after South Africa-based Zimbabwean musician Que Montana’s creation of the Musicians Worldwide Forum (Muwofo) which intends to hold a world music festival.
Que Montana told our sister paper NewsDay preparations for the Muwofo World Cup had already begun with indications that the event could be headed for Zimbabwe.
Muwofo is a group of 165 member countries represented by a committee in each country that seeks to unite musicians.
According to Que Montana, Muwofo is run by a committee from representative countries who are responsible for co-ordinating the activities.
“When I thought of the idea, I shared it with other musicians from different parts of the world and they liked it,” said Que Montana.
“Since 2009 we have been having our meetings online discussing issues and networking. We came up with an international committee which is reshuffled every four years,” Montana said.
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He said the forum had been an open platform for musicians to network.
Some of the members include Lokua Kanza (France) Ariane Cap (US), Yvonne Musasaki Mwale (Zambia), Bruno Migliari Brazil, Vieux Farka Touré, Ringo Madlingozi (South Africa), Angiolo Tarocchi (Italy), Yung Chiao-Wei, Abdelkader Saadoun (UK), among others.
