What is wrong with the world? Every time an artist dies we have a lot to talk about. People will criticize an artist when they are alive but once they are departed you see them making a u-turn and start appreciating what has been lost. Should we say the world recognizes a great artist when they are gone or is it an act of paying last respects?
Of late almost 90% of social media talk has been about one of Malawi's own Gospel artist Grace Chinga (RIP) who died a few days ago after suffering from a headache. It seems like everybody is starting to develop some love for her now that she's gone. When will the world learn to love a person when they are still here with us?
Before her goodbye to the world, Grace released a single titled nzaulura which is enjoying repeated plays from mobile phones,tablets and mp3 players to top radio stations across Malawi.
A lot has been said about this track, i dont know why and how people end up in conclusion and then almost everyone believes that same opinion without at least trying to get their own analysis on the matter in hand.
People are saying the song points out to prophet Bushiri and the like but in my own opinion nzaulura is a general song that goes out to everybody in relation to the concept she came up with.
Lets be serious, she talked about a lady in that song....... is Bushiri a lady? She talked about a man with children out of wedlock, how many men out there have children out of wedlock? How many people out there have riches which they earned in a suspicious way? How many people out there look innocent but they plot a lot of deadly plans on others? Dont we hear on radio stations and read in the newspapers about everything that she said on the track? Dont we perhaps see it for ourselves in our neighborhoods? Why then must we conclude and say she was referring to one person? Did she mention any names in the track? I dont think so
Some say she was denied to have sessions in various studios thats why she recorded at her amateur son but what if she recorded there in order to promote her own son? Do you even have proof that other studios did not want to work with her on that?
What i can say is that nzaulura is not a song that goes to a specific person, its just like her other songs. A song full of meaningful messages, thats what Gospel music is all about. Feel free to comment
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