With spirited performances featuring Zimbabwean songs, Afro jazz and gospel, the cappella quartet Nobuntu has been drawing international acclaim.  The all-female quartet will be on stage at the Lakewood Cultural Center at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1 and at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2 as a feature of the Lakewood Cultural Center Presents 25^th anniversary season.

From Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Nobuntu represents a new generation of young female African singers who celebrate and preserve their culture, beauty, and heritage through art. The ensemble’s mission is the belief that music can be an important vehicle for change, one that transcends racial, tribal, religious, gender, and economic boundaries. The result is “a vibrant and stunning performance full of sparkling energy.” (Sunday Times, Germany). The word “Nobuntu” is an African concept that values humbleness, love, purpose, unity and family from a woman’s perspective, and these values bring the group energy. Performing with pure voices, minimalistic percussion, traditional instruments and authentic dance movement, the quartet brings joy as the group performs around the world, most recently at festivals and concert halls in Italy, Austria, Germany, Belgium, the Czech Republic and throughout the African continent.