S. African envoy’s plea over African music

South African High Commissioner to Kenya Tony Msimanga is calling on African leaders to support music in the continent.

"Music is so important in Africa. Singers like the legendary late Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela and Ladysmith Black have used music to highlight the problems facing Africa to the world. Issues to do with apartheid, HIV and Aids, poverty, women and children have been championed in many nations through music," he said. Msimanga was speaking ahead of the sold-out inaugural South meets East Jazz Fete held at the National Museums of Kenya on Saturday night.