Sagiya Foundation creates a sound platform for success
Sagiya Foundation's founder and executive director, Atlas Duma. He believes that music calms you down, makes you think of the past, present and the future.
“THE time you realise that your peers are referred to as ‘elderly people’, that is when you know you grew up listening to good music.”
That’s according to Sagiya Foundation’s founder and executive director, Atlas Duma. He believes that music calms you down, makes you think of the past, present and the future.
This Durban-based foundation is a performing arts theatre and musical enterprise production that focuses on delivering a total theatre production and musical enterprise solution to targeted markets.
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It also helps artists by creating a platform for them to generate exposure while sharing their talents with the local community.
“I also took the time to try figure out how many jazz musicians in KwaZulu-Natal ever produced a Live in Concert Video/DVD. KZN has produced so many prominent musicians, such as Sipho Gumede, Busi Mhlongo, Bheki Mseleku, Wendy Mseleku, Mandla Masuku, Themba Mkhize and Nduduzo Makhathini. The list really is endless. To add to this, we have Black Coffee, DJ Tira, Zakes Bantwini, Mbongeni Ngema and many more in other music genres,” he said.
Duma said it was proven that KZN is home to many successful artists across various art forms, especially in the performing arts.
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“Against all odds, the Sagiya Foundation managed to produce at least nine live in concert videos or DVDs for nine of the province’s popular music artists during the Covid-19 pandemic. These included Bongani Nkwanyana, Mthobisi Mthalane, Xolisa Dlamini, Nicky Shange, Jerry Kunene, Vincent Mtetwa, Mduduzi Magwaza, Royalson and Prof Rippon in 2020/2021,” said Duma.
He thanked the Playhouse Company, Concerts SA and the SAMRO Foundation for sponsoring the commercial video of Bongani Nkwanyana and Xolisa Dlamini as well as the CD cutting for Vincent Mtetwa. Sadly, this product fell prey to the looting that tore through KZN and Gauteng as the courier company was hit before the package arrived at the NPO’s premises.
“In this next chapter, I would like to reach out and find more stories for some of KZN’s artists who have triumphed along on their personal journeys in the music industry but have not yet gained the great exposure they deserve,” said Duma.
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