Staff Writer
Scores of fans reportedly fought running battles with police at Soul Jah Love’s funeral wake in Msasa Park, Harare.
This follows strict Covid-19 guidelines announced by Government that bans gatherings of more than 30 at funerals.
However, fans mostly youths have vowed to attend the funeral wake in their numbers to pay their last respects to Soul Musaka who was lovingly known by different sobriquets such as Chibaba, Conquering Shumba or Makuruwani.
One social media user, Toby Cavassy who attended the funeral wake yesterday said police moved in to disperse a large crowd that had gathered outside the house.
“It was a really a temple run as police dispersed scores of youths milling outside the house,” he said.
Another fan said: “Police insisted that they wanted only 30 at the funeral wake but the ghetto youths would have none of that.”
Apparently, in Mbare where Soul Jah Love used to reside scores of fans have vowed to celebrate their music hero in the streets in defiance of the Covid-19 regulations.
Soul Jah Love was a man of the people as evidenced by the dark cloud and tense atmosphere that engulfed many high density suburbs when news of his death spread.
Many of his fans celebrated his life by playing his music as a tribute, with some expressing desire to attend his funeral wake and burial despite the lockdown restrictions.
He brought the young and old on one dance floor through his music which talked about his daily life.
“I do not sing about Porsche because I don’t have one but I sing about what I go through everyday,” he once said in an interview.
The lyrics to his music were reflective of a man with a broken soul and tormented mind.
Many touted him as a drug addict and he even admitted in an interview that he was rehabilitating and quitting drugs.
In several of his songs, he revealed he was being followed by evil spirits, bad luck and poverty, among other ills.
Soul Jah Love who died Tuesday in Harare is expected to be buried this weekend a family spokesperson has said.
Solomon Musaka said burial was set for either Friday or Saturday, depending on how fast they move ahead with the arrangements. The funeral wake is being held at 15 Mauya Road in Msasa Park, Harare and under strict Covid-19 regulations.
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