Sandra Mandizvidza
22 November 2008
WINNING Sungura musician, Tongai Moyo might soon join the list of artists whose works have been blacklisted by the sole national broadcaster after he penned a song critical of the ruling Zanu PF.
The song Kukanda Nekuvhika contained in his upcoming album Muridzi Wenyaya is a hard-hitting take on Zanu PF's alleged intolerance.
The Kwekwe-based musician has been giving his fans a taste of the forthcoming album in shows across the country and Kukanda Nekuvhika, in particular has been well-received.
In the song, he implores the ruling party to accept that there is now a major opposition force and that it deserves to be respected.
These lyrics might put him in the same league with the militant human rights activist and poet Raymond Majongwe, Chimurenga guru, Thomas Mapfumo, Leonard Zhakata, UK based Hohodza and Chiwoniso Maraire, whose music has been removed from ZBC libraries.
This was after they produced music critical of government policies and the ruling party.
In one of the hard-hitting verses, Moyo says: "Shamwari mukutonga nyika iyi iwe unondikava ini ndichivhika asi pekupedzisira tinotaurirana (My friend in a desire to rule this country you fight me as your opponent but in the end we sit down to talk).
Another verse goes: "Shamwari usapike naMwari uchiti hazvife zvakaitika nekuti zvinogona kuitika (Do not swear saying it can never be done because it's possible.")
Explaining the lyrics, Moyo did not mince his words saying his job was to comment on daily socio-economic and political developments in the country.
"(Robert) Mugabe once said that he will never sit down with Tsvangirai but now we see them talking and the two even hugged," he said.
"Aleck Macheso also said that he will never share a stage with me even if he was given a large sum of US dollars but now we are good friends.
"So in life never say never because you do not know what God has planned for you."
But he still denied that the song was about President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF.
"There are people who have agendas against me," he said. "They want to see me down now they are busy interpreting my whole album to suit their needs, they should listen to the whole album."
"I wrote the song Kukanda Nekuvhika because I wanted to urge people to stop fighting."
The six-track album, which is Moyo's 11th, will be released early next month.
Other songs to look forward to include Maths, which talks about how people approach life differently and Sungadzisimbe, a love song that urges men to look after their wives properly during these economic hardships.
Kumbirayi and Temberi Yashe are gospel tracks and Budget Yemuhomwe talks of how men should give their wives money instead of budgeting for their wives.
Moyo said he was going to launch his album in Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana and South Africa, as there were now many Zimbabweans living in those countries.
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