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Lucky Dube new generation tonight at NSC Hall |30 August 2014

Nkulee Dube will be performing live as from 7pm tonight at the NSC Hall at Roche Caïman.

Daughter of legendary South African reggae star Lucky Dube, Nkulee has been brought in by local producer Basil Bouchereau and his producing house Kas Anba Productions. She is accompanied in Seychelles by the band which used to play alongside her father, the ‘New Generation Band’. The public has already had a touch of the Dube second generation as the group performed on La Digue on August 15 during the island’s festival, in a show which the artists have themselves described as “amazing". They are now eagerly looking forward to be in contact with the Mahé public with a mixed repertoire from father and daughter.

Local fans may have not been lucky enough to see the dreadlocked Lucky himself but enthusiasts especially reggae lovers are more than lucky to have the Dube heritage at their door steps. Even if Nkulee agrees that it is “doubly difficult” (so ‘not easy’ to recall one of his father’s songs), to carry his legacy because she is at the same time a daughter and a woman, she promises to be up to the task and reply to the high expectations of Seychellois reggae followers.

“It is very difficult and I have to work hard and make extra effort to prove myself. This is because I carry my father’s name and the reggae business was not originally made for women,” she admits.

So is Nkulee following in Rita Marley’s footsteps as one of the few successful female artists? The answer seems to be yes as she prepares for an African tour in the coming months and is currently working on an album which she plans to release at the beginning of next year. She may also have already anticipated the outcome of this evening’s concert as she is already intending to come back to Seychelles in October of this year! This time she even promises to bring along some musicians from the ‘Wailers’, the band which accompanied reggae king Bob Marley.

As she says: “I have to discover more of your islands as Seychelles is more attractive compared to Jamaica.”

Maybe she has been accepted in this male-dominated business as she also carries beautiful dreadlocks hair and feels at ease in a male-majority environment. This becomes evident when she is seen naturally leading her all-male musicians.

However, she says not to be intimated by the fact of often being referred as “Lucky Dube’s daughter” rather than by her own self. Maybe this is the very reason why you should be at the NSC Hall tonight to discover for yourself the difference between the new generation and the gone and dearly missed one.

Especially, even if reggae music originates from Jamaica she says that “South African culture is better than Jamaican culture”. So we can keep our fingers crossed and ears opened to expect more and better from the ‘new generation’.

If this is so, it is surely not the fruit of coincidence. Instrumental in reggae music inter-continental and inter-generational transmission is surely Marc Miller, Nkulee’s stage manager. Do not be surprised to know that he was Lucky Dube’s manager. Please do not be more stunned to know that he was Bob Marley’s stage manager since 1978 and throughout the legend’s exceptional career!

Only one of Lucky’s musicians has though remained to play with Nkulee Dube: Andi the drummer. You will have the opportunity to see him tonight and enjoy the beautiful percussion sounds he created for Lucky Dube’s songs.

Tickets for the show costing R150 are on sale at Dam’s Enterprise. If you do not buy your ticket beforehand it will cost you R200 at the door this evening.



M. Savy

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