09 Oct 2016

Judging by music albums released year in and year out, lovers of dikhwaere can stay rest assured the genre, which has become an integral part of Setswana culture will continue to dominate the airwaves, at least for a seeable future.

Ditswammung, the latest six track offering by Benjamin Mosebetsi and Tshiamo Motlhankane otherwise known around music circles as Wild Dog and Swailaman perhaps added impetus to the notion of the stay in power of dikhwaere.

Track number four, Ga-Maila, in particular has all the makings of a veritable dikhwaere song. It is a happy song fused with ululations, whistle blowing to create pomp and will surely become a favorite with lovers of song and dance.

Mahlalela is yet another well composed slow tempo master piece which contrasts between the institution of marriage then and now. It tells of how the institution has lost meaning and in the process become dysfunctional over the years.

The duo also warns fellow artistes in track five, Motshitshi of the group entrance in the music industry.

They say in the song that unless others established artistes raise the bar, it is not going to be business as usual.

Bohutsana is another song of note which Wild Dog and Swailaman belted out to pay homage to three of their friends who lost their lives in a road accident along Kanye/Mmathethe in December 2013.

The album, recorded at Melodi Corn Studious in Lobatse, is a product of four years of toiling; something the duo attributes to lack of finance.

To promote the album, Wild Dog and Swailaman solicit slots at weddings and parties where they continue to endear themselves to hordes of dikhwaere enthusiasts. ENDS