The Globacom-sponsored African Voices on CNN International will this weekend shift attention to a new generation of performing artistes making waves on the African continent.

A vignette of this week’s episode released by CNN said the growing importance of performance artistes on the continent informed the decision to make them the focus of the programme. “Whether they sought the spotlight or fell into it by chance, performers across Africa are daring to bare their souls on stage”, CNN stated.

As usual, the programme will profile three guest celebrities. From Cape Town, South Africa, Shannon Glover is the first performance star to be featured. Said CNN, “We will leap into the world of the top South African ballerina to see how her passion for pirouettes has turned into a successful career”.

Shannon was born in Durban and began her dance training in Johannesburg at the age of four. She was awarded her RAD Solo Seal and was the winner of the South African RAD Adeline Geneè Silver Trophy.  She subsequently represented South Africa at the International Ballet Competition in Birmingham, U.K.

The second guest on programme is Mozambican singer, Deltino Guerreiro. He is described as “one dreamer who is using his distinctive voice to do big things.” His songs are a successful blend of soulful sounds and lyrics in different languages (Portuguese, English and Macua) and soothing melodies.

From Mozambique, the CNN crew heads for New York to meet a comic genius from Uganda, Joseph Opio, “whose jokes can be heard every week on one of America’s top news satire shows, the Daily Show.”

 African Voices goes on air at 10.30 a.m. on Fridays with repeat editions at 2.30 p.m. on Saturdays, 12.30 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. on Sundays. Viewers ca