The Citizen Date: 17.10.2014 Page 14

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Feature > THIS YEAR ONLY 16 LOCAL ARTISTES WILL PERFORM ALONGSIDE FOUR FOREIGN ACTS WHO INCLUDE , VICTORIA KIMANI AND TI

By Majuto Omary ThelistconfirmedbybothPrimeTime Promotions and Serengeti Breweries is a hot one as it features the hottest acts of that has become one of the hottest the moment The Serengeti Fiesta is a party trailitems on the entertainment calen­ These include TMK, Tip Top Connec­ dar in the country. tion, Ali Kiba, Diamond, Ommy Dimpoz, Tomorrow, this year's extravagan­ Mwana Fa and rapper group Weusi. za which was launched in Mwanza on Also on the strong list are Shaa, Vanes­ August 9 reaches its climax at The Lead­ saJVldee, Recho, Linah boy band sensa­ ers' Club in Dar es Salaam after travers­ tion Yamoto, and Ney Wa Mitego,. ing 14 regional towns. Others that are set to complete the list And according to organisers it is going oflocalartistesareMrBlue,YoungKiller to be one of a kind as they stick to their Barnaba and Stamina trademark of bringing quality entertain­ On the international front the show ment will also feature 's Victoria Kim­ Featuring an array of local artistes as ani, Nigeria's Waje and for the first time the norm has been in the past 13 years of Ash Hamman from Dubai. the festival this time around the number Ash Hamman, according to sources of local artistes has been drastically cut has been dubbed "Dubai's king of R & Compared to last year when over 40 B' who released his self­titled debut in artistes were to appear on stage, this time 2012. The album went on to become the around only 16 local artistes will appear fastest selling albums in the Middle East on the Serengeti Fiesta stage. This weekend, the Immaqul'8 Enter­ After minor hitches that forced the tainment artiste will be at hand to ser­ show to go on for two days, organisers enade Dar es Salaam with some of his are promising a show of a lifetime, saying scotching singles which include "Thirsty all the necessary precautions have been 4U". taken. Another artiste who will definitely Speaking to The Beat, the climax is not wow revellers will be Nigeria's Waje going to be about numbers instead they whose repertoire is quite rich. are looking forward to having quality She has shared the stage with various entertainment international artistes, such as Wyclef "This year our emphasis has been on Jean in ,she also curtain quality entertainment and though we raised for Kerry Hilson during a show have the same type of artistes, we have organised in calabar Nigeria concentrated our efforts on the pre­pro­ Waje has a list of songs on air that has duction to make sure that revellers get also brought her a lot of award nomina­ exactly what they are looking for in a tions and wins. concert of this magnitude," said Sabas­ Kenya's Victoria Kimani completes tianMaganga the list of African acts as she brings in the East African flavour. But as these artistes plus home grown bUO,0UU talents jostle for a fan base that after­ noon, in their midst will be US rapper TI. The estimated number of people who attend The American follows in the foot­ the festival annually throughout the country. Shhhh Waje is in the house. Nigerian singer will be part of the team that will steps of other American artistes who entertain thousands at Leaders'Club tomorrow. This year the gig went to 14 regional towns have in the recent past performed at the

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