Outrage Erupts Over Selmor Mtukudzi’s Exclusion from Father’s Festival

 

Zimbabweans are expressing outrage on social media after Selmor Mtukudzi the daughter of the late legendary musician Oliver Mtukudzi was excluded from his festival.

Selmor Mtukudzi who is also a musician in her own right was snubbed from the Oliver Mtukudzi International Festival of the Arts sparking a storm on socially media.

Tuku Festival Lineup Announced, Fans Question Selmor Mtukudzi’s Exclusion

The matter came to light after the organizers of the show released the poster of the festival and the names of the artists set to perform at the event. The Oliver Mtukudzi International Festival of the Arts is slated to take place on the 21st to the 22nd of September. Popular artists namely Jah Prayzah, Feli Nandi, Gemma Griffiths, Killer T, Hope Masike to name just a few are set to perform at the 2 day festival.

Social media users could not help notice that Selmor Mtukudzi was excluded on the lineup, prompting them to question why she was not included. Fans of the late Oliver Mtukudzi were not pleased with the exclusion of Selmor Mtukudzi from her father’s festival.

Fans Threaten Boycott, Demand Selmor’s Inclusion in Tuku Festival Lineup

Taking to social media, netizens expressed outrage at the organizer and Oliver Mtukudzi widow, Daisy for snubbing Selmor. Social media users threatened to boycott the festival if Selmor Mtukudzi is not included in the Tuku Festival Lineup. Some netizens called on the artists who have been invited to perform at the festival to stand in solidarity with Selmor and not perform if she is included.

Social media users argued that as the daughter of the late Oliver Mtukudzi, Selmor Mtukudzi should have been the main headlining act. They stated that it can’t be a Oliver Mtukudzi celebration without Selmor Mtukudzi.

Here are some of the reactions

@cdesetfree;

The Oliver Mtukudzi International Festival of the Arts and l tried to see where @SelmorMtukudzi name is and l couldn’t find it.

Now to me this is where l draw a line,l don’t support family divisions and selfishness.This is Selmors father why is she not on the list of artists performing during the 2 days?

@Brian Hove;

Selmor is the only Mtukudzi brand left, we can’t celebrate @TukuOfficial and not have the only living brand carrier to the organizers by public demand we need Selmor…She should be the headline and perform all the days of the Festival, ndiye Tuku Music asara zvenhaka nekumakana is not for the public Tuku himself was a goodwill ambassador please respect his legacy.

@Dhereck;

All those artist if Selmor is not there they should just decline and boycot akadhakwa mkadzi wamunoti Daisy uyo l wonder how Tuku met her shem dzevaviri adzipimdirwe but mai avo to me i poison

@MarlvinSaenda;

No @SelmorMtukudzi no concert

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