As South Africans we have been injected with the label of being racist to our fellow African brothers and sisters. However not all South African citizens have the xenophobic disease.
The Imbira (also known as Mbira) is a sacred instrument that is hand made in the Zimbabwean culture believed to connect you to the ancestors. The Imbira kept Willard and Frank breathing for ten months, spending time in a country not familiar to their mother. They spent time everyday playing, entertaining tourists and other South African citizens at the beach front.
Willard Maye and Frank Chake are two Zimbabwean folks that fled to South Africa in search for greener pastures. Saving all the change they got from their free performances, they hoped that one day it would be enough for a trip back home. On a normal sunny day Willard and Frank played their session for their audience at the beach and were approached by young vibrant women who fell in love with the sound that the Imbira made.
They took them to Moyo a restaurant in UShaka Marine World where they auditioned for the managers and the managers loved they performance so much that they signed them up. The Imbira has given pure joy to the lives of our neighbors, they now can go home to change the lives of their families and they will in turn change the lives of their brothers and sisters. They will tell the tale of how South Africa is a place of great possibilities and evidently proven that in music there is no place for xenophobia