At about 10pm on the night of September 28, Tanzanian songbird Zuchu took to the stage in Mbeya as one of the headline acts at the Wasafi Festival, an annual concert that has become a fixture on the country's entertainment calendar in its five years of existence.
Hardly 15 minutes later, she walked away in a huff, escorted by security personnel, as unruly elements in the large crowd started throwing bottles and other objects at her and flashing obscene gestures of disapproval.
