Page 83 - Msingi Afrika Magazine Issue 5

AFRIKA IS GOD’S
didn't remember He created,
do remember that millions of
Afrikan children are dying of
malnutrition, women are being
subjected to all forms of abuse
and hardship, death mongering
foreign companies and NGO's
are busy injecting millions of
Afrikan girls with death and
disease causing vaccines?
Right under your unresponsive
watch, things are happening
that can alter the very destiny
of Afrikans negatively into the
future. Our people need infor-
mation and directions about the
things that are going on in our
world and you happen to have
huge fan bases from where you
can reach out to them not just
with your music or movies, but
with the much needed accurate
information. Remember, you
are not a star or celebrity be-
cause you are able to celebrate
yourself and neither were you
born with stardom or fame like a
crown on your head. Time and
the goodness of God happened
to you. For without the people
who buy your music, movies;
those who buy your concert
tickets and make you enough
money to get a life, you will just
be one of the many numbers
on the dusty streets looking
for how to get the next meal.
I know many of you will say
you too rose from those dusty
streets through hard work and
resilience, and I do appreciate
that. But how is it that you for- those that are in the spotlight
got so soon the very dusty road
you were raised from and then
turned your back on the things
that matter for the emancipation
of Afrika?
The foolishness of fighting
each other
I read about some artistes, pro-
ducers etc fighting themselves
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about who owns copyrights of
songs, melodies and beats. Sin-
cerely in my own opinion, I real- beef between each other.
ly don't see the wisdom in that.
What really is the big deal about
your Afrikan brother or sister
using your music beat, melody,
song or even video concept?
I may be wrong in my opinion,
but I think it's just a mindset
of lack that says there is not
enough to go round. But the
Afrika that I know is not that of
lack, it is that of abundance. Af- in your countries, but what do
rikans certainly don't need such
unnecessary fights. We have
loads of things on our plates to
find solutions for and fighting
among ourselves is nothing but
a huge distraction. As a singer,
song-writer, and content creator
myself, let me ask you: where
do songs, tunes, poems, music,
melody, video concepts, arts
come from? You think it comes
from you? You must be joking
to think they come from your
brains. All good and perfect gifts
come from heaven, just as rain
falls from heaven to both the
good and the bad. So no one
can really lay claim to creativity
when they don’t even know or
control where it comes from.
Real issues demand real
responses
If there is any crop of people
that have become the worst
forms of influence for our young
adults and even children, it is
either because they are music
or movie celebrities or in other
professions. Meaning that there
are things that will not change
until those with influence get
involved to make such chang-
es. Celebrities can't keep going
about running after the things
that fulfill just their weird egos
and nasty desires; more sex,
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more drugs, more alcohol, more
fancy toys called cars, more
The question I want to ask is
this, will heaven fall down if you
Mr. Superstar organize a free
no-music conference where
Afrikans within your range of
influence can sit and talk about
the many issues in Afrika and
how to solve them? Most of you
have access to the presidency
of your nations, mega CEO's
you do with such access ex-
cept take mindless selfies, get
positions and endorsements for
more money to continue fueling
your irresponsible lifestyles? Of
what use really is your stardom
if it doesn’t give light and direc-
tion to anyone? Or are you not
aware that sailors use the po-
sitions of the stars to navigate
the massive ocean? When will
you look yourself in the mirror
and realize that you being in
the position of a celebrity is not
for your own selfish gain but to
be a positive influence to those
that look up to you for direction.
And if you cannot do reach-
out conferences or community
work, you can at least live your
life in ways that the next gener-
ation can have something good
to emulate. You owe that much
to the next generation.
Remember this, stars do fade
and stardom does end. But
while you still have time, do
something meaningful with
yourselves.
Be responsible for the lifting of
Afrikans and just maybe poster-
ity will remember you for some-
thing good.
Shalom.
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