Zahir Elias: Inside Malawi’s Lake of Stars Festival
The Business of Entertainment · 4 May 2026 · 29m
Speaker 1: Making rams and says of essays entertainment industry, Business of Entertainment with Martin Meyer's ol Speaker 1: cat or I'm Ketel. Speaker 2: Good evening and welcome to the Business of Entertainment. It's a Thursday night, as you Speaker 2: delighted this week. I've got a stellar guest. A bit of a long story, but Speaker 2: bear me out because we're going to be talking about an incredible event that happens Speaker 2: in October in Malawi. I was invited earlier at the end of May to go Speaker 2: up to Lusaka in Zambia to speak at a music conference, the African Music Conference, Speaker 2: put on by Becky M. Klumbau. And on one of the panels that I was Speaker 2: was a wonderful gentleman by the name of Zaia Ellis now Zaiah born and bred Speaker 2: Cape Tonia. And you'll tell me the story lives in Malawi in Lilongwe speaks fluent Speaker 2: of the major festivals on the African continent, and was coming back to visit friends Speaker 2: in Cape Town. So you know me looking for an opportunity. I said, my friend, Speaker 2: come, you're not going to be busy on a Thursday night. You must come to Speaker 2: studio and come and talk on Cape Talk. Tell us about Lake of Stars, tell Speaker 2: us what you do, speak fluent Chi chamber and just inspire us and inspire creatives Speaker 2: to inquire about how do they perform? How do they get on the bill? What Speaker 2: do they do? What is Lake of Stars all about? You've had Freshly Ground on Speaker 2: it. You've had Muffy, Siki's Lla on it. Mark Moreau managed to band the Noisettes. Speaker 2: You've had them…
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