ProVerb x M.anifest 'Proverbs Manifest'

South Africa's ProVerb and M.anifest team up on 'Proverbs Manifest.'

ProVerb x M.anifest 'Proverbs Manifest'


South Africa's ProVerb recently teamed up with Ghanaian wordsmith M.anifest for a game of lyrical tag-team featured on ProVerb's FourthWrite. Powerhouse south-meets-west collab "Proverbs Manifest" is an almighty display of collaborative word-game, which, despite sounding like the work of longtime buds, marks the first occasion the pair had met. Hitting it off quick, the iconic MCs convened again to toast to budding friendspitting in a simple yet sharp-looking video. Watch what happens when "Proverbs Manifest" below.

​Photo illustration by Kaushik Kalidindi, Okayplayer.
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