Abande Ubuntu Ezweni
How it all started
MajuMaju held auditions for Abande choir, and amongst the people who attended the audition was Oleksiy Meleshko who is originally from Ukraine and currently a temporary resident in Canada. His vocal capabilities were so great that he got chosen to join the choir. After first meeting he shared his story of how he just found out through DNA ancestry test that he is half Nigerian from father’s side, and that he is the director for the Ukrainian Choir “Kolo”. That's when Maju came up with the idea of collaboration between Ukraine and Africa for Oleksiy to learn about African culture and people, since he had never been exposed to it before. Shortly after first Abande concert, in a quiet miraculous way, Oleksiy was able to find his father, whom he had never known before. After this second Abande concert, he will be travelling to Europe to meet his father and his newly discovered family personally. For Oleksiy, the Abande project is an artistic ritual of bringing closer the African and the Ukrainian worlds, which both are so distant from each other, but of which both he is an offspring.
Abande Ubuntu Ezweni
UkranianChoir “Kolo"
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Abande Ubuntu Ezweni
Abande Choir
Cross cultural collaboration revolving around storytelling through music
Abande Ubuntu Ezweni show brings artists together in a musical collaboration of diverse cultures, voices, style, and instruments. Abande means expand, we are expanding the greatness, love, humanity, kindness, and all gestures that will help humans feel welcomed. This is new collaboration between great talented artists, the variety of songs will take you to a joyful moment of inner satisfactory. We are bringing different cultures in one stage.
This show will delight audience with rich original acapella, full band and some popular cover repertoire of South Africa, Nigeria and Ukraine.
Jabulile Dladla who is knows a Maju Maju stage name is a former founding member of the two times Grammy Awards Winners Soweto Gospel Choir who will be collaborating with Oleksiy Meleshko, accompanied by the Ukrainian Choir "Kolo" which means "circle" that represent togetherness and equality, the includes full band.
Be prepared to be taken on a storytelling journey through vocals expression, music, identity, culture, and diversity. This show will sure delight your musical taste buds.
To our deepest regret, the tragedy in Ukraine is still going on. Sadly, the biggest victims of such atrocities are always regular people: lonely, retired elders, little babies, widows, and families that struggle to survive...
We feel their pain and want to help in a way we can. Therefore, we've decided to dedicate a part of the revenue to help those affected by war.
The Ukranian members of our show will be selling crafts and merchandise, revenue for which also go support people in Ukraine.
