Blurb: Irabi-Umkhumbane Jazz Heritage Celebration The Music Legend, Mr. Jerry Kunene, the leader of Umkhumbane Jazz Ensemble invites all jazz appreciators, musicians, community and art practitioners from various institutions to come and witness the revival of Irabi Music in concert as our South African Musical Heritage. This will be presented in celebration of the great achievements…
Media Release MCCD – Musical Collaboration in Cultural Diversity Compiled by Sagiya Foundation ATT: Media Houses Info: Atlas Duma (sagiyafoundation@gmail.com) Historical MCCD Fusion Concert for Heritage Month Celebrations, Featuring the best of Indo Afro Sounds, Bollywood, Jazz, Afro Soul, Visual Arts and food stalls MCCD, the ground breaking Musical Collaboration in Cultural Diversity initiative spearheaded…
Media Release Article: Sagiya Celebrates KZN Jazz Legends 2021 Issued by: Sagiya Foundation Supported by: KwaZulu Natal Department of Arts and Culture Date Issued: 24 November 2021 1st Draft by: Atlas Duma (The Producer) Tickets and RSVP: Call/WhatsApp: 067 738 5301 Email: sagiyafoundation@gmail.com Celebration Date: 10 December 2021 Venue: Ekhaya Multi Arts Centre – 25…
Issued by Atlas Duma 03 Sep 2021 The time you realise that your peers are eventually called “elderly people”, that is when you, together have started to listen to good music. The music that culms you down, think of the past, presence and the future. I also took time trying to figure out if how…
Please enjoy Sagiya Virtual Jazz Concert on www.skyroomlive.com Recorded on 29th and 30th October 2020 Venue: The Playhouse Company Opera Theatre Line-up: Bongani Nkwanyana, Royalson, Xolisa Dlamini, Mthobisi Mthlane, Jerry Kunene and Prof Rippon and African Buskers. Produced by: Atlas Duma the Chief Executive Director and Founder of Sagiya Foundation.
We have passed the rehearsal half-way mark for Dim-Dep Musical: Faces of Environmental Success! A production where youth perform alongside some of KwaZulu-Natal’s legends. I watched mesmerized as the cast gave their all, passionate and committed to the craft and the script. We had a short storytelling session during one of the rehearsals and the…
The story has begun. Dim-Dep Musical: Faces of Environmental Success is back with a bang. With a revised script, the community development story line is still the same as it was in 2016, when it played to audiences from community to theatre goers: Mother Earth must be revered if we are to sustain our life…
The twinkle in his eyes. That’s what I first noticed about Atlas Philani Duma as we sat across the table from each other to discuss his life and work, which are one and the same really. A man of vision, extraordinary creativity and innovation, he is the brains behind the establishment of Sagiya Foundation.
Auditions for Dim-Dep a musical project focusing on the environment, will take place at the Bat Centre, Durban’s small craft harbour, from 19-21 February.