I LAAF ARTS

Dambudzo Marechera - Zimbabwean Novelist and Poet.

Prof Keorapetse Kgositsile "Bra Willie" - National Poet Laureate

Keorapetse Kgositsile - Rites of Passage
for uriel, thabang, Mabitse and Papers

Your time on time
has created history’s arse
there are no crossroads
Your passage through here
teaches us weight of mission
teaches us slime of promise
from mouth greased with stench
of crimson dollar or rand
or whatever currency demands
floods of your blood
all over this land
you must reclaim

In this world
there are no children’s wars
you are a man now
patriot and comrade now
you now know
the slime of race
you know now
the brutality of class appetite
you know now
who must bleed and drown
in the fire of your mission
and resolve
Mayihlome!

source:http://republicofpeace.com/culture/writing/poetry/rites-of-passage-a-poem-by-keorapetse-kgositsile/

Father of Modern African Literature - The wind will Echoe of your writings/Generations will find relevancy in your words/People die - ideas live beyond relaties and imaginations

"Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him"
Chinua Achebe

The Band L8 antique, Soloists Lindiwe Maxolo and Mccoy Mrubata, Thank you for gracing the stage with your amazing performances, truly an memorable night. LAAF thanks and appreciate your faith in us. Thank You Very Much

Would like to send our deepest gratitude to Yamaha, BASA, Marshall Music, Splitbeam, Prosound, Silvercam Broadcast, Bheki Ndzunga, RM Recordings who made the “World South GIG” possible with their generous contribution to making this event possible. Special Thanks to all who made it possible

World South Gig Organised by LAAF made possible by Yamaha, BASA, Marshall Music, Splitbeam, Prosound, Silvercam Broadcast, Bheki Ndzunga, RM Recordings and All the Performers, Bands and Personnel/Crew. Special Thank You to the above-mentioned Partners this event was made possible by your generous contributions. LAAF Thanks You

i had the pleausre of seen one of our sons Sakhile Gumbi perform, brilliant performance. loved the 1st and last performance, amazing energy and the whole set was fresh......big ups to Sakhile and your crew

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Arts Aive 2011, 1st-25th September, Johannesburg.

"A poor society is one that does not appreciate its writers . Such a society is blind and short sighted. They do not have a mirror to reflect on. They neither know where they are going and where they are coming from" anonymous