Seven artists from different parts of Africa have come
together to release a track aimed at encouraging peace and unity in Africa amid
xenophobia attacks in Durban, South Africa.
The hip hop collaboration titled UNITY, features eight
artists from South Africa (Prinston, Flavour B and M’chine), Zimbabwe (Cashbid
and Epic Minds), Uganda (Sue Anique), Tanzania (Sham Sila) and Zambia
(Shishi).
Prolific Durban-based rapper Prinston, who is one of the
three South African artists in the collaboration says :"I'm so ashamed
right now to be called South African, how ignorant are we? What is happening in
our streets right now stems from our leaders, how do we forget this and act
like it didn't just happen, do we want this as part of our history.
“This is definitely going to affect our economy in a
negative way,” he adds. “Every person living on this continent is our brothers
and sisters, I'm so disappointed. I wish we could do more instead of post these
updates on social media."
The project collaboration was initiated by Epic Minds who
are also the producers of the track. It was recorded in South Africa, Zimbabwe
and Uganda.
The song is available as a free download on Soundcloud at
the following link https://soundcloud.com/epic-minds/epic-minds-unity-ft-cashbid.
A video for the song is on the cards.
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