The unity of purpose. The commitment. The grace. The perfection. The hardwork. The endurance. The foresight. The genius. The touch of god.
And finally, the celebration. The joy. The applause. The opening of the heavens.
No lip-synching here. No lewd lyrics. No twerking.
Just men and women with instruments who dare touch the face of god.
Little known fact: All developed countries have great orchestras. ALL.
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My two cents…You need a real middle class first before yearning for this. Man must first conquer hunger and the ravages of nature before developing a taste for the finer things of life. How is the national theatre doing? How many of us have attended plays here apart from those ones during high school. Art and sports thrive in prosperous societies with a large self actualised middle class. Here we are stuck at Lamba lolo/ Kihiki understanding type of artists.
Music copyright paid gidigidi majimaji royalties of Kshs 5,000 for their song unbwogable. PUnit were paid royalties of Kshs 250 for their song Kare. Nobody would want to venture into art in Kenya if that’s how they are treated. Because utalala njaa. That’s why if you get last week’s newspaper, out of the top 20 KCSE performers, a significant majority want to be doctors or engineers. Art doesn’t pay. Mzee ojwang, masanduku, Les wanyika etc walikufa tukawazika na tukawasahau. I know it’s a bad comparison but huko majuu Tupac died in 1996 but their family bado wanakusanya pesa as royalties
Wapi chorus
& btw back in high school, we had guys who were good in football. Yet our highschool the furthest we used to reach during competitions was district level which tells you there were extremely good players in other schools…So nowadays I watch EPL and see average players getting $50,000 per week and I can’t help but recall that my some of my highschool friends had more skills than some of these players despite not being professionally trained. Jana nilienda kulipa term 1 fees ya mtoto nikaambiwa I pay for music lessons for Kshs 2,000 nikajua hapo nigutee. So Sikulipa.
What do you mean by ‘‘the African’’? Do you mean a black person or a person living in the African continent?
art does pay ata apa kenya .the biggest problem is people are too lazy to think how to monetize.juzi si DNA said he sold banjuka to oglivy for $100,000 after pinye turned it down ati ni shitty music,DJs are earning money,i know of a guy who is 22 and earns a minimum 400,000 per month just teaching/playing violin to rich kids and the international schools in nairobi.ART DOES PAY and it pays well.
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& btw back in high school, we had guys who were good in football. Yet our highschool the furthest we used to reach during competitions was district level which tells you there were extremely good players in other schools…So nowadays I watch EPL and see average players getting $50,000 per week and I can’t help but recall that my some of my highschool friends had more skills than some of these players despite not being professionally trained. Jana nilienda kulipa term 1 fees ya mtoto nikaambiwa I pay for music lessons for Kshs 2,000 nikajua hapo nigutee. So Sikulipa.
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There are some pretty good classical ensembles in Kenya - Nairobi Orchestra, Kenya National Youth Orchestra, Safaricom Youth Orchestra, Kenya Conservatoire of Music Orchestra, Ghetto Classics Orchestra. Of these I consider the Nairobi orchestra to be the best albeit the others are also growing quite well.
Classical music was developed by the African moors when they invaded Europe in the Middle Ages. Know your history.
Let me throw a cat among the pigeons. Could the problem be the same old one where we expect ‘the gavament’ to do something about it instead of us, the citizens running away with the opportunities? In other countries, a city like Nairobi would have two or three private orchestras supported by private funds. Sporting associations would not be crying every other day eti gavament funds their allowances/trips because they would have fund-raised and invested for sustainable income (take say the national Table Tennis Association. If it calls several harambees and manages to raise about 40M, with Ruto of course contributing half of that:D:D:Dthey could invest Sh30million in gavament bonds that bring in about Sh4 million each year, every year! With that kind of money and a bit more support through endorsements and promotions they could run a really smart outfit!)
Maybe I should rephrase and say that the opportunities in art and sport are extremely limited in Kenya. The few who hack it get paid well like the Moipei sisters, Hellon wa Esther Arunga and your buddy teacher at international school. But international schools in Kenya could be less than 100. We have thousands of other Kenyan schools out there. Simply put, the larger market doesn’t appreciate local art.
Manu Dibango, Papa Wemba, Ayub Ogada, Hugh Masekela, Youssou N’dour, Soul Brothers, Black Mambazo and many, many other faceless Africans embody commitment, grace, perfection, hard work and endurance. You are just too self-loathing to perceive it.
Kama ni music, europeans have to study music even begin to understand it. Africans? The beat comes naturally. NATURALLY!!
No twerking… Hehe hee.
I have never understood why thousands of Black young girls everywhere take so much pride in twerking on social media. I thought the feminists taught them to avoid being seen as objects of male desire ??
Also they do have copy cats, European or Asian young girls who too think it is a cool art to shake their booty. Ati shake what your mama gave you.
with this age of the internet opportunities are UNLIMITED
Have you met Kenyan elites/middle class? As our purchasing power increases we don’t consume better we just consume more junk.
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@FieldMarshal CouchP I’ll just leave this here.
@FieldMarshal CouchP , are you by any chance related to Sir Charles Njonjo?
Uncle Ruckus with yet another trademark rant