HCM to host SATMA red carpet event
Barack Obama's grandmother, Mama Sarah Obama is one of the delegates.
FAMILY members of American president Barack Obama, El-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz (known as Malcom X) and Ghana’s former president Kwame Nkrumah will attend the South African Traditional Music Awards (SATMA) red carpet event which will be hosted by the Hibiscus Coast Municipality at the St Michael’s Hotel on September 30.
The 10th SATMA Awards annual event returns to KwaZulu-Natal Province this year, with uMhlathuze and uThungulu municipalities as official hosts, the awards will be held at UniZulu’s King Bhekuzulu Hall in eMpangeni October 2 and 3.
The Hibiscus Coast Municipality will host the red carpet event which will see top international delegates visiting the South Coast.
SATMA awards organisers were proud to announce that Mama Sarah Obama, who is President Barack Obama’s grandmother from Kenya, would be one of the delegates.
Samia Nkrumah, who is daughter of the former President Kwame Nkrumah from Ghana, and Ilyasah Shabazz, from the US, the daughter of Malcolm X, are also going to attend the event.
The announcement was first made in Los Angeles in the USA, on September 5, by Ukhozi FM and Umhlobo Wenene FM during their live broadcasts.
SATMA Founder, Dr Dumisani Goba, made this announcement with the CEO of the National Heritage Council of South Africa, Advocate Sonwabile Mancotywa, SABC Radio Group Executive, Mr. Leslie Ntloko who were all part of SATMA Awards’ Annual Tour – SIYABALANDA Campaign.
“SATMA has previously honored Malcom X, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Rev Jesse Jackson, Mahatma Gandhi, Steve Biko, Oliver Tambo, Inkosi Albert Luthulu, Nkwame Nkrumah and Patrice Lumumba, to name a few,” said SATMA public relations officer Mbali Khanyile.
“Our three guests will arrive at Richards Bay Airport on the September 29, and will be welcomed by a number of South African officials with a cultural extravaganza.
SATMA 2015 will be honoring Mama Sarah Obama, for the work she does in Kenya to improve the lives of her people, especially the children. The daughters of the two legends, Malcolm X and Kwame Nkrumah, will also be standing on behalf of their heroic fathers, whose contribution to the African struggle is immense,” she explained.
SATMA Awards will also honour other African leaders who will be announced on the day of the awards.
