Malibongwe Gcwabe’s 15 track album titled Akahluleki is a bit underwhelming or I expected so much from him. He is one of the most gifted isiXhosa lyricist and composer. He’s tendency of praying between his songs, touches the soul. Even during the Youth With Mission days you could see he is destined for greatness.
Although his private life in the past years has left our tongues wagging. His first wife Lutho publicly announced her splitting ways from this gospel sensation. Rumours of infidelity and allegedly raping a relative were splashed all over. To our dismay he did a turn around and announced his resignation from pastoring at the Assemblies of God and opened his church, The Remnant of God (Intsalela kaThixo ngesixhosa sasekhaya).
But I love his arrangement, he prepared our minds with a sweet soothing hymn, Praise the Lord followed by his title akahluleki that’s sounds a bit like Mxolisi Mbethe’s Ayikho engenzekiyo and got us dancing with Abambonanga.
Another turnoff is the fact that he allowed his not vocally strong back-ups to sing, it could have been better if he just featured them or hear his voice steering us back to him.
Akahluleki is Malibonge’s 20th offering.
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