Reflections from the Zambezi

ZimPraise in action On 15 October 2022, my daughter Twalumba and I were part of the guests at Glamis Arena in Harare that attended the Zimpraise Concert to celebrate their 15th anniversary. Zimpraise is a Zimbabwean interdenominational choir which was established in 2008. Some of the popular albums that the choir has produced are Hymns Night. The choir has groomed a number of gospel musicians who have established successful gospel singing careers. We arrived in Harare the previous night after traveling for 11 hours by bus from Lusaka. The gates to the concert were opened at 12 00 hours. We arrived at the concert venue at 14 00 hours. We had bought general tickets before the concert and were upgraded to the VIP section that was close to the stage. During the concert some of the Zimbabwean gospel choirs that I heard perform for the first time were Chispite Worship Team and Vocal Ex from Bulawayo. The Vocal Ex choir sang very well with Makanaka (praising God for his goodness) as one of th...