By Arts Correspondent| A Zimbabwean student who is studying in Vietnam is making waves in the Asian country with his latest offering.
The Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry ,Masters in Environmental Sciences student Joseph Dewa told ZimEye that he was elated that his upcoming 4th album ‘ Title Out of Africa’ has already been well received by his Vietnamese peers at the campus.
“I have been doing music ever since when I was in Zimbabwe where I did 3 albums .Being a student now in a foreign country I was skeptical that I would strike the right chord but the judging from how my 4th album has been received here at the school campus ,its destined to make waves,”said Dewa who hails from Mupandawana,Gutu.
The album is yet to be officially launched and follows Poshi which was released in 2012,Kure Kwazvakabva (2017) and Tichaona Tasvika(2019).
The 31-year-old musician says his music is Afrojazz which is fused with Rhumba and Passada elements.
“I would like to call my type of music Afrojazz fused with Rhumba and Passada”,said the former Tirizi Primary and Secondary School Student.
Having grown up as an orphan , the musician’s messages are social commentary issues premised on his life experiences and the happenings in the rural community which he lived.
“My music is inspired by my upbringing and also evolves on societal ills like domestic violence
“Through my music I also want to encourage those from humble beginnings that you can shine as long as you are focused.I started as a librarian at the Catholic University and now I am the first Zimbabwean student to pursue this program I am doing,”quipped Dewa.