Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mosotho chakela
e/) with CAB) I'm sad enough to read some of those 27 hits. As a musician from Lesotho he is unlikely to have much coverage in Western media, but we must ensure that we counter systemic bias . http://www.trc.org.ls/events/Lesotho%20events/LCD%20Candidate.pdf This 2007 news summary suggests he was being searched for by police (not quite sure why, didn't read all of it, but it chimes with the political problems noted on the forums, smoe of his music is apparently banned in Lesotho) and states on pg 11 "‘Mosotho’ Chakela is particularly well known because of his skill as a famo (sic) musician." He had billing at what seems to be a major African music festival (140,000 attendees in Sep 2008) http://www.macufe2008.co.za/programme.asp?pid=4 1 and http://www.lesedifm.co.za/portal/site/lesedifm/menuitem.5fcad9a62e6126ec01238c7e14c317a0/?vgnextoid=74be231130c3c110VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default 2. It seems Famo is a type of music, he was http://www.tonight.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3444310&fSectionId=431&fSetId=251 nominated and http://www.nhc.org.za/?linkID=49&cid=72 won an award for it at the South African Traditional Music Awards in 2006. A Google search for "Chakele famo" reveals he's mentioned in two wp articles, All Basotho Convention & Morija Arts & Cultural Festival and a http://books.google.co.ls/books?id=x-KW9f02oNMC&pg=PA301&lpg=PA301&dq=chakela+famo&source=bl&ots=DWK3tn5czs&sig=2z3_RTDb2P6zFwQ_MJ7KQK886-Q&hl=en&ei=4V0TSqLgB8LOjAepn820BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2 book. I therefore believe there he is of sufficient notability to remain, and I'll sort out the article at the weekend, along with everything else I've got on my list
— User:Bigger, 01:47, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:CSB (Wikipedia:Systemic bias)