We were sent here by History - Shabaka and the Ancestors - Durban

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ABOUT

"To set the tone for what their audience is about to experience, the first utterance that is heard on We Are Sent Here By History is “Ayeye”, a term used to express either validation or to signify the coming of trouble.  We Are Sent Here By History is not just an album. Taking its cues from the fireside storytelling mode of retaining ancient histories, the record is a sonic film addressed to our post-colonisation but currently white supremist, capitalist, self-serving, corrupt, apathetic, detached and amnesic world. Ayeye: It is as comforting as it is damning. Set after a period that Shabaka and The Ancestors refer to as The Burning — a time where the capitalism model unravels and its principles are rendered useless because none of it matters when the world is burning — We Are Sent Here By History is a call to action. "By Zaza Hlalethwa Mail & Guardian 2020.

"We were sent here by history" tour is the penultimate tour for the transatlantic supergroup with Shabaka Hutchings taking a hiatus from the tenor saxophone from 2024. Due to the album being released the week of the pandemic shutdown it has never been performed live, this tour will be the first and last time this album is performed for the foreseeable future. What better place is there to end this tour in South Africa than the home of South African jazz in the KZN "The Chairman.

Dates and venues:

27th October 2023 - Black Brick Gardens(Cape Town)

28th October 2023 - The Sanctuary at Arts on Main Maboneng(Johannesburg)

29th October 2023 - The Chairman (Durban)

Line up:

Shabaka Hutchings(tenor saxophone)

Mthunzi Mvubu(alto saxophone)

Siyabonga Mthembu(vox)

Ariel Zamonsky(bass)

Tumi Mogorosi(drums)

Gontse Makhene(percussions)

Times:

15:00 Jab A Jaw

18:00 Shabaka and the Ancestors

20:00 Bubbles

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