ARTISTS: ANITA JAXSON
CITY & COUNTRY: HARARE, ZIMBABWE
VENUE: OAS1SONE
Anita Jaxson joins forces with Wild Africa and OAS1SONE and over 100 African superstar singer-songwriters in a historic first-ever a world tour series of Premium Livestream Concerts, to lend their voices in support of wildlife conservation, raise awareness for climate change and plastics pollution, and have their messaging, voices, music and live performances broadcast across several Pan African and global platforms.
Anita Jaxson is a Zimbabwean singer songwriter based in Harare. She is most known for her Zimdancehall collaborations with popular artists Poptain (Duffle bag) and Jah Master (Unonzani). Jaxson was born and grew up in Braeside. She grew up in Harare, Zimbabwe and has always had a passion for music- starting out in primary school with the school choir. During her school years she was an avid basketball player and storywriter and achieved accolades in both disciplines. As a young girl, she was inspired by Adele.
After school she kept on expressing herself through music by joining a band led by JBone called Carlo, which she was a part of for 2 years. In 2020, she featured on Poptain’s Duffle bag, this was met with great acclaim for her vocals and performance. She has said though her popular songs have been Zimdancehall, she's not just a dancehall artist. She has also worked on RnB songs and featured on Hip-hop music as well.
ABOUT WILD AFRICA X OAS1SONE
Wild Africa and OAS1SONE are bringing together artists and musicians from across Africa by lending their voices to support wildlife conservation and have their messaging and music broadcast across several African and global platforms. Thank you for joining us in raising awareness of this important cause.
ABOUT WILD AFRICA
The Wild Africa employs mass communications – such as the Music for Wildlife Concerts and Poaching Steals From Us All campaigns – to raise awareness of poaching, habitat loss and human wildlife conflict. It promotes wildlife tourism and carbon offset as sources of conservation and sustainable development funding. It promotes and directly supports local wildlife programs from offices in Cape Town, Lagos, Harare and Kigali and is running the programs previously under WildAid in South Africa, Nigeria and Zimbabwe.
