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Loss Of His Job Inspired FFF To Sing Basa Rapera





Fred Farai Nyakudanga aka FFF wrote Basa Rapera in 2015 after he had been offloaded from his job at a very popular NGO. The charge against him was so flimsy but he went on to lose his job, fate had already been decided. 



FFF found this hard to accept, due to some pending social issues emanating from a divorce that left him depressed. In the two years he had spend at PSI he had managed to recover. How he was going to cope without a professional income ate his heart out to the extent of penning Basa Rapera.


Fred started Angwa Combo in 2014 together with Julius Julius, together they recorded Ngativimbike with Diamond Studios. FFF started as a composer with Julius Julius on lead vocals. Basa Rapera was FFF's first studio recording ever since he had founded Angwa Combo. Enjoy the song from FFF’s archives. 


https://youtu.be/S6kLU8xyHjg


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