“We Don’t Want To Hear Songs About Love, Breakups”: Morara Kebaso Tells Artists
"That's not our mood. You need to start playing an active role in the revolution," he told artists/ collage.
Activist Morara Kebaso has urged Kenya artists to release revolutionary songs in the fight for good governance. Taking to his social handles, he stated that the mood of the country doesn’t call for love but political change.
According to him, since the Gen Z protests, it is still difficult for any Kenyan musician to release a hit song if it is not about politics.
“Have you realized that right now it’s very difficult to produce a hit song if it’s not about bad governance and corruption? Yes. The mood of the nation is that we need change,” he noted.
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Using digital content creator Crazy Kennar as a reference, he said Kennar’s recent skit showing how government officials steal public funds went viral because it was countered with the nation’s mood.
“Crazy Kennar did a video recently and it has 46Million views on instagram alone because it was about corruption and bad governance,” Morara stated.
To push for the advocacy for good governance in the country, Morara urged artists to leave love songs and focus on themes that calls out impunity and corruption as a way of bringing revolution in the country.
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“All revolutions in history were catalyzed by works of art and music. We don’t want to hear songs about love, breakups, drugs, gangsters etc. That’s not our mood. You need to start playing an active role in the revolution,” he told artists.
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