ENID HOLDEN with the band Siya Jika
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Enid Holden and Asim Haracic with their band, Siya Jika -
Township music has no one audience. It reaches out to many and brings musicians, dancers and singers from different backgrounds together. Siya Jika is Zulu and means “we are turning around” and is symbolic of the changes South Africa in that it incorporates the old and the new, and brings together different ethnic groups in friendship and shared culture. Siya Jika represents an integrated world, where everyone recognizes the injustices of the past and stands for a peaceful, democratic future.
The band Siya Jika (pronounced See ya Jeeka) is a Washington DC based world music band, performing mainly traditional South African “Township Jive” and Bosnian “Sevdah” as well as original folk/rock music. It originated in the nineties as a mixed race South African band playing traditional South African music in Zulu, Xhosa and Sotho. It evolved into an ethnically diverse band playing world beat and traditional music from Bosnia as well once Asim Haracic joined the band. As the band developed into writing and recording original work, it was the fusion of experiences of Asim, a surgeon who fled with his family during the war in Bosnia and Enid, who emigrated to the US from South Africa, during apartheid and before the political liberation heralded by Nelson Mandela. Asim and Enid’s collaborations reflect commonalities such as a commitment to freedom, peace, human rights, longing, displacement, and contemporary issues such as HIV spread in Africa.
Siya Jika band members originally met in DC and came together to play the music of their common origins, even though they originated from different cities and ethnic backgrounds in South Africa. They still perform folk and upbeat traditional songs in the languages of Southern Africa but have expanded their repertoire to include world music. Many songs also have English verses, or they provide impromptu translations so that the audience understands the meaning these songs had in the past. The music is upbeat folk/rock with jazz accents and a slight reggae flavor that appeals to audiences of all ages and gets the crowd rocking.
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