T.H.A.T presents That August Festival

ABOUT

Black August is an acknowledgment and commemoration of the countless organizers, activists, and freedom fighters who sacrificed their freedom and lives in the struggle for Black liberation. Black August takes place during the month of August, and was started in California prisons in the 1970s by Black freedom fighters who wanted to honor the lives and deaths of Black political prisoners killed by the state, bring awareness to prison conditions, and to honor the radical tradition of Black resistance against anti-Black state violence and systemic oppression. As a further commemoration the jazz and avant-garde live scene coined "The Indie Afrique" scene will celebrate the last weekend of August with an annual festival in celebration of Black August. Presented by T.H.A.T(Telling Honest & Authentic Tales) at the Star Theatre at the Homecoming Centre in District Six That August Festival will feature the following acts.

Festival audiences have a choice between a full festival pass for the full festival experience or band specific tickets to watch their favourite band.

Artists:

Internet Athi

Kujenga

The Brother Moves On ft. Tshepo Tsotetsi & Mthunzi Mvubu

Tshepo Tsotetsi

DJ's:

JAB A JAW

Ms Niksta

DJ Mighty

Artist Bios:

Internet Athi

Internet Athi is an eclectic independent, multidisciplinary artist hailing from Cape Town. With a diverse range of talents, he navigates the realms of improvisational music and storytelling as a singer, spoken word artist, and self-taught guitarist. Prefacing his upcoming work, Internet Athi recently opened for Langa Mavuso at The Star Theatre in Cape Town. Internet Athi's musical pursuits currently revolve around crafting a unique fusion of nostalgic and contemporary South African music. Through his music, he skillfully reflects the contradictions and complexities of his perspective on the world. Internet Athi is poised to make a lasting impact on the music scene, both in South Africa and beyond.

Kujenga

Kujenga is an afrojazz band based in Cape Town, South Africa. The word kujenga – meaning “build”or “create” in KiSwahili - symbolises the band’s belief in their calling as musicians; to build and create meaningful experiences with every single listener. The band consists of a four piece rhythm section featuring Owethu Ndwandwe on lead vocals and keys, twin brother Zwide Ndwandwe on bass,Thane Smith on electric guitar and Skhumbuzo Qamata on drums. The larger ensemble includes Bonga Mosola on trumpet, Matthew Rightford on tenor sax and Tamzyn Freeks on trombone.

Kujenga released their debut album Nationality in 2019 and are currently working towards the release of their second full length studio album.

The Brother Moves On

Self proclaimed art movement The Brother Moves On is an ever-evolving performance art collective founded by Nkululeko Mthembu and his brother Siyabonga Mthembu. Determined to belie any one definition, the collective’s work is often deliberately improvised and unpredictable. Collaboration drives the collective, which strives to undermine the traditional authority of individual artist practice and ownership.Various performers, writers, artists, musicians and activists may collaborate at any given time on different projects before moving on.

The collective create live performances and installations so that meaning is generated through an experience rather than contained within one object. Fiction, re-enactment and the fantastical are utilized in performances like The Afterlife of Mr Gold, which chronicles both the life and afterlife of a supernatural fat cat – and The Brother Breaks the Bullion and The Brother Burns the Bullion – where real word economics and queer identity are amalgamated into a fable of greed and power.In combining elements of fiction, the supernatural and the fantastical with factual history or recorded ‘truths’ in their installations and performances, The Brother Moves On defamiliarises our experience of both our present and our past. Performative fiction, which drives so much of The Brother Moves On instigates the altered realities through which the collective critique and comment on the socio-political issues of our own reality.

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