Disappointment as Zim Singers boycott Jamal’s Funeral The late urban groover Jamal Nyika Mataure (37) who died on Wednesday last week was laid to rest on Friday at Dangamvura Cemetery. Jamal rose to fame in 2003 after the release of his debut album Ghetto, which carried the hit song Kurwizi that featured Betty Makaya. Mutare-based Murondatsimba Express frontman Brian Samaita, Mercy Kamenyu of Project fame, a few upcoming artistes and DJs Faffy, Ranga and DMec came to pay their last respects. Mutare is home to many prominent artistes including the high-riding Juicer Mupostori, Blessing Shumba and Hosiah Chipanga, among others. Jamal worked with many urban groovers especially in Harare, but NONE of them came to pay their last respects to the late icon. Notably, prominent fellow musicians did not attend the burial. “We are not happy about the failure of our colleagues to show up at the funeral to pay their last respects to one of our own. This has also exposed our disunity as artistes in Mutare. It’s also unbelievable that not a single musician from outside the (Manicaland) province, particularly urban groovers, attended the funeral,” said Samaita. Tatenda Torindoh of the Mutare-based Hungwe Stars had no kind words for the seniors who snubbed the burial. “What can we learn in the music industry when we cannot even come together on matters like these? I am really not happy with the absence of those whom we look up to in the music industry,” said Torindoh. Jamal is survived by two children. His brother, Hondo Mataure, described him as a friendly person who wanted to succeed in music. His mother, Ruth, said she was reading much into the absence of some musicians because attending a funeral was all about people’s will
Posted on: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 03:08:48 +0000
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