Zim: Jah Prayzah features Zahara on new album

The songs from Hokoyo will be released separately during the course of the day. The ‘Gotchie Gotchie’ hitmaker first premiered ‘Mwana waMamabo’ and ‘Muteuro’ featuring local gospel outfit Zimpraise. Jah Payzah worked with Zahara on ‘Kana Ndada’, which will be released in the afternoon.

Other songs set for release are ‘Nyaya yeRudo’, ‘Wenge’, ‘Eriya’, ‘Tonight’ and ‘Dzirere’. Jah Prayzah also announced that he would release four videos from 21 to 27 May. The videos include ‘Mukwasha’, ‘Kwayedza’, ‘Chiramwiwa’, ‘Donhodzo’ and ‘Munyaradza’. In March, Jah Prayzah released two videos, ‘Hokoyo’ and ‘Asante’, ahead of the album release.

“This is a prayer to our Lord Almighty crying for mercy and protection from the natural disasters that we face and which leave us devastated from the mass loss of human life,” Jah Prayzah said about ‘Muteuro’. “These include Cyclone Idai that we experienced as Zimbabwe, Mozambique and some parts of South Africa. The song not only talks of Chimanimani but all the trials and tribulations we face as the human race.”

About ‘Mwana WaMambo, the award-winning singer said: “The song talks of the struggles of a young man who wishes to marry the king's daughter yet he is not from royal bloodlines. Love pushes him to defy the odds and like they say, true love always wins.”

Hokoyo, which is Jah Prayzah’s tenth album to date, is available on Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer.