I Will Continue to Stage Shows Until I Deliver - Selma
While most local female musicians view pregnancy as a time to take a break from their hectic schedules and concentrate more on their health and unborn babies, Selma Mtukudzi-Manatsa has decided to continue with her work.
Selma, daughter to Zimbabwe music icon Oliver Mtukudzi and married to another Zimbabwean legendary musician Zexie Manatsa’s son, Tendai, is seven months pregnant.
The couple is expecting their first child around Christmas or early January.
“I am still the same old Selma, I have not changed because of the pregnancy. I am still as strong as ever. The pregnancy has not given me any complications, I eat whatever food is there. I will continue to stage shows maybe until I am about to deliver,” the soft spoken Selma said.
Since the couple has not gone for a scan to find out the sex of their child, the mother says it’s a girl while the father believes it’s the opposite sex.
“I believe the baby is a boy, what else can it be? Selma is handling the pregnancy quite well, she is enjoying her food very well and eating healthy. I hope we will have at least six kids enough to make a band. However Selma insists on at least two,” husband Tendai said.
The only sticking issue between the couple is the name of the child as both agree they have no clue on what the child would be called. “We do not have any name for our baby and we would appreciate it very much if people help us in coming up with a name, especially a Shona one,” the couple said.
Speaking in light of the HIV and Aids epidemic, Tendai said many musicians were dying from the disease and it was high time they viewed their musical careers as professions.
“I will always go to stage shows with my wife. They are so many women after us at shows and when your wife is there, you can never get tempted to do anything stupid.
“Most musicians are dying from HIV and Aids related illnesses and it is high time they take this career as a profession where after a day’s work they have to go home to their families. I believe our old men who are still in the industry are exemplary,” Tendai said.
[Via The Herald]
