Botswana: Sadza Boiz Blast Mugabe in new Song
By Nyasha Chingono –RARELY do Hip Hop artists tackle political issues in their music, but the exceptional Sadza Boiz Botswana based, Zimbabwean Hip Hop crew has broken fallow ground by taking a swipe at President Mugabe.
In an industry were Hip Hop artists are known for singing about women, love or gangsterism,the Sadza Boiz have chosen to critic the salient issues of which artist should be involved as the nation gears up for the referendum and elections.
In the song “I am not a Star” Robert they lambast the 88 year old leader saying, “Don’t mess with Zimbabwe” noting that Mugabe is taking Zimbabweans for granted by stealing elections and his grip on power.
Aggrey Chiuma the band manager said that the group is making waves in Botswana and the single is meant to give a voice to the voiceless Zimbabweans.
“It is not political, but it is reality and the boys have chosen to speak as musicians though interrogating political issues through song,” Chiuma said.
They also took a swipe at the Botswana police who are known for harassing Zimbabweans staying in Botswana when they say “I’ve got my papers, I’ve got everything that is important to me,” reads the lyrics of the song.
Zimbabweans have for the past decade lived in fear of criticising the president who as a public figure should be subject to scrutiny; likewise the musicians have been gagged and sometimes used to propagate the Zanu pf ideologies.
Like the legendary Thomas Mapfumo of the Mamvemve fame who has been a critic Mugabe, the Sadza Boiz are bold enough to castigate acts of injustice in Zimbabwe were locally based musicians dread to even dare sing due to fear of being victimisation.
