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Shabaka and the Ancestors
Event 22 October 2017
Event photograph from a performance by Shabaka and the Ancestors, with special guest Bra Louis Moholo-Moholo, on A4’s top floor. On the right, the musicians are playing various instruments. On the left, attendees are seated in a curved pattern around the performance area.
Event: Shabaka and the Ancestors, October 22, 2017. Image courtesy of A4 Arts Foundation.
Title Shabaka and the Ancestors Dates 22 October 2017 Location Top Floor Tagline Music performance by Shabaka and the Ancestors with special guest Louis Moholo-Moholo. Credits

Producer:
Future Nostalgia

Musicians:
Shabaka Hutchings (sax)
Tumi Mogorosi (drums)
Siyabonga Mthembu (vocals)
Gontse Makhene (percussion)
Shane Cooper (bass)
Mthunzi Mvubu (sax)

Special guest:
Bra Louis Moholo-Moholo (drums)

Shabaka and the Ancestors perform for the first time in Cape Town from their debut album, Wisdom of Elders, released in 2017. The line-up for the evening includes special guest Bra Louis Moholo-Moholo on drums, with DJ sets by Future Nostalgia selectors El Corazon and Futurist. Breyani and boeber are provided by Wild Stylez Kitchen.

Event photograph from a performance by Shabaka and the Ancestors, with special guest Bra Louis Moholo-Moholo, on A4’s top floor. At the back, the musicians are performing in front of a white wall that features text and drawings, with Gerard Marx’s mixed media work ‘Prayer Carpet: Aerial’ mounted on the wall on the right. At the front, attendees are seated.
Event: Shabaka and the Ancestors, October 22, 2017. Image courtesy of A4 Arts Foundation.
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