Comments on: Kenya’s musicians: where are you?

By: Shiro Sharifa

Shiro Sharifa — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:53:06 +0000

http://www.anticorruptionmusic.org

By: Shiro Sharifa

Shiro Sharifa — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:50:43 +0000

Juliani YES! Juliani…he is one of UKOOFLANI MAUMAU i spoke of in my earlier comment…he is on DANDORA BURNING ALBUM!

By: onchari

onchari — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:24:58 +0000

am reading this article and am thinking of one artist on a path to educate the youth on issues very important, the environment, autism, living right,. but more “celebs” should read ths article. nice one. The artiste is Juliani.

By: Arthur

Arthur — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:22:14 +0000

This is the biggest difference between the musicians in Kenya and Tanzania. Most of the “bigwigs” in Bongo have at one time done a song against the social injustice in the country. Time our Kenyan musicians stepped up as well and be the mirrors to the society.

By: hustlajay

hustlajay — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:09:49 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAmi7KjWTakFAIR PLAY – Anti Corruption Youth Voices – Videos – hustlajay – minyororo ya haki
http://www.anticorruptionmusic.org……………………i think all we need as artistes is a revolution for the true vibes to be played in the stations its time we unite take a step if we need change for the common man in the societ full of peace love n unity lets say no to corruption…………tribalism ..selfishness…concious music plays a vital tool to thesociety

By: hustlajay

hustlajay — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:00:35 +0000

we all need unity to reach the change n better day hiphop a tool used in de society to revolutionalize bring change …………………….concious music is all we need to listen to …media to need to air concious music to attain the change we need …………………..in the society

By: Shiro Sharifa

Shiro Sharifa — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 07:24:08 +0000

To my knowledge…there is a lot of musicians already creating conscious and life-changing music for everbody’s progression…the challenge is getting the media to play it. Its just easier for them to make numbers by playing superficial stuff rather than playing what needs to be played. Ukooflani maumau’s hiphop leaves no stone unturned with such issues…Dandora Burning is an album that is fearless…politicians and their politricks are named…live live! Am suprised no one got locked up.

By: Sunny Bindra

Sunny Bindra — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:56:13 +0000

Hi All:

I am delighted to see the response to this article. Succour to all the musicians who are responding to the call for the music that will cause a social revolution. Remember: a good message alone is not enough: your songs must have popular melodies, a beat that resonates, the power to compel Kenyans to listen and sing. Then we will have something.

By: cornellius maiteri

cornellius maiteri — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:59:53 +0000

Hi Sunny,

Your cry to Kenyan Artistes to come to our rescue resonated very well with me. It left me with a nostalgic feeling that maybe we aren’t living our lives to the fullest here in Kenya. I identify with the power of art to cause revolutions. I am an avid listener of our local music with a bias to artists who sing in their mother tongues. Their music is powerful and is pointing the way and giving many Kenyans comfort and hope of a better future. They are the ones who reach the millions out there in the rural parts of our country where the majority of our brothers and sisters live and they are the ones who will chronicle the change that is to come through their music.

Keep up the good work see ya next sunday.

By: Sammy Keter

Sammy Keter — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:53:57 +0000

That was an inspiring article. I am not a celeb but we have an answer to your question. We saw the need at the beginning of the year and we are finalizing an album with some of the lyrics that you highlighted in your article. Artventures is a band consisting of young people who are desirous to spread the message of love, peace and forgiveness to all Kenyans. We have composed and recorded songs to help us pass the message under the mentorship and sponsorship of Mr. & Mrs. Keter who perform with the band. The band has been trained by Yuri Samson Odhiambo a professional music instructor and producer. The album will be ready for launch from 20th December 09.

The compositions in the album include never, never again, a song that documents the plight of IDPs in Kenya and pleads that this should never happen again; that Neighbors, brothers and world should not stand still and see evil come and go and neither should we take the sacrifices we have made – lives and property lost – in vain.

Shame is a song that highlights the shame of what happened before and after the crisis. It shames the causes of violence; it shames leaders, preachers and all those who fanned the violence and asked Kenyans to rise up and embrace a true nationhood and the love that we once had.

Eldoret explores the once greatness of the Eldoret town, its multi ethnic, multi cultural coexistence and tolerance, its sporting fame and the greatness of men it has produced like Kipchoge Keino and other great athletes. Then it asks the town…

Tell me, tell me, tell me what got into you?
How could you ever turn your streets into killing fields?
Brother against brother and neighbor against neighbor?
Will you ever rise again as our prize and our pride?
Will you ever bring back your children?
And restore their dignity?

These questions are not only relevant to Eldoret town but to all the towns and centers in Kenya. What madness got into us that we could do what we did? Shedding innocent blood and overseeing such wanton destruction of life and property?
The campaign is dedicated to peace and to IDPs situation in the country. The campaign hopes to mobilize Kenyans to raise money to resettle IDPs by supporting the much needed basic amenities such as schools, water and sanitation facilities.
Although some IDPs have land and some have returned to their original homes, the real resettlement has not yet started because the IDPs still lack the above basic amenities. We hope to turn this campaign to a Kenyans for Kenyans initiative for peace, reconciliation and reconstruction.

We also hope to mobilize artists in every region we visit to rise up to the occasion and create art for peace. We hope to have a team of not less than 50 artists doing something for peace in 2010. We will focus and support different forms of creative arts; visual arts (painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, decorative arts, plastic arts, photography), performing arts (music, dance, theater, cinema) or literature (poetry, prose).

Our performances started on 3rd December in Juja Town. We will perform in Thika on 13th December 09. Others schedules for the first leg of the tour include;
• Flag off of national tour on 16th December from Nairobi;
• Dec 17th, 18th and 19th 09 – performance and peace functions, Naivasha
• Dec 22nd, 23rd and 24th 09 – Performance and peace function, Nakuru
• Dec 24th, 26th and 27th 09 – Performance and peace functions, Eldoret
• Dec 28th, 29th and 30th 09 – Performance and peace functions, Kakamega

The second leg of the tour will cover Central and Eastern Provinces in January and February 2010. The third leg will cover North Eastern and Coast in March 09.

We would appreciate your partnership and support in this venture in whatever form.

Let’s all work together to build a united, prosperous and peaceful Kenya.

Na amani iwe kwetu, tuwe na upendo, tuwe na umoja.

In service to our motherland