Today as I
was having my favorite chipo mix bhajia at Kripies the Rongai version of Kenchic inn or Mac fries, some random guy showed up
and asked if he could join me. Since the fast food joint is not mine I told him
it’s okay , OMG!! , remind me never to sit at a table with a stranger.
Allow me to
describe him for you so that we are on the same page. He had permed his hair
such that it was even oilier than the fries we were eating. He had worn red
pants and a bright yellow shirt in the name of color blocking, then he had two
million silver rings on his hands and a bunch of necklaces or chains I don’t
even know what they are called.
Feeling so
confident he goes on to tell me how he is a msanii and he has a couple of bongo
and R&B songs he has recorded. They say don’t judge a book by its cover so
I asked him to sample for me one of his songs , he pulls out his earphones and
a phone and I listen…….
Shocked is
what I was , if judge Ian of TPF would have heard the first two line he would
have fainted and banned men in yellow from singing.That song is a total
disaster , I just quickly called the waiter and told them to pack my food for
me and off i was. The guy is such a dreamer he has the
audacity to ask me if I can dance in his video for that particular song
….comments withheld!!!!!
It has been
an observation of mine that nowadays everyone is a msanii. Sometimes when am
watching kiss TV total request hour I am just shocked by the content produced
by some local artists. Anyway I cannot qualify to be signed in to any record
except shower record because I know for a fact I sound bad that’s why I stick
to writing.
I think the
youth need to re-evaluate themselves and stop trying to be like lil-wayne or
diamond platinumz.Enough of the fake Jamaican and Nigerian accents and start
representing the 254 for what it really is. A good friend of mine Godfrey
Kimotho won an award in the last year Kalasha awards for best movie in the
language category. The movie was in Kikuyu , I don’t understand the language
but I am happy that someone went out of the norm looked at the surrounding and
did an amazing production.
Although he
did not make as much a Lupita did when she won an Oscar, he got a permanent job
in some local media house and is earning enough money to replace the car he
sold to shoot his movie.
Art can be
expressed in many ways but the inspiration comes from one place, within.
Producers should be real enough to tell someone hey! this is not good rather
than producing low quality songs in the name of art for the sake of art. One of
Nigeria’s leading sources of revenue is their film industry, Nollywood ,
instead of imitating their accents we can imitate their strategies and have
proper wasanii’s.
Signing out , yours realest
Elsie Onyango
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