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Thursday, October 17, 2019

BOTHO HERITAGE FESTIVAL 2019


Wushwini Pan African Centre stages its ground-breaking five-day arts festival titled Botho Heritage International Festival ‘umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu’. This exciting cultural initiative runs from October 23 to 27, 2019, at Wushwini, overlooking the scenic Inanda Dam in KwaNgcolosi, KwaZulu-Natal.

Botho Heritage Festival features a vibrant programme of acts by a strong line-up of groups and companies from KZN, Uganda, Botswana, Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Gauteng and Free State, showcasing quality dance, music, theatre, storytelling, exhibitions literature, fashion, crafts, wine tasting and poetry.

“We are sincerely grateful to Ethekwini Municipality and KZN Department of Arts and Culture for supporting the festival, not forgetting all the participants who believe in the vision of this festival, and all Wushwini and Eager Artists staff for the hard work in ensuring the success of this festival. We invite you to participate and to enjoy the rare experience in our Kingdom,” says Jerry Pooe, founder of the Wushwini Pan African Centre.

Botho Heritage International Festival tickets are R20 per show for theatre and dance and R50 for a day pass. The Saturday Maskandi Explosion and Sunday’s Music Meets Poetry tickets are R50. For more information or for the full programme, contact Zethu Phoswa on 067 230 4214.