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"That wraps the maple syrup of truth in the waffle of propaganda".

Africa never stands still

Africa Never Stands still  Get yourself a copy of this album. This compilation is way better than the entire collection of Putumayo's African music editions. My favourite joint is featured on Disk 2 of this album; the song is called Ngoma Ngairire by Robson Banda & the New Black Eagles out of Zimbabwe. This is a super gem laden with infectious guitar licks, upbeat bass harmonies and very catchy vocals which I immediately fell in heart with; regardless of my non-existent Shona.   Another stellar song is from the Zimbabwean legend Oliver Mtukudzi dubbed Ndiri Bofu . More on this, payspoogy is still plug-in. A comprehensive review will follow. payspoogy .

My December playlist

Yoh! This blog was gathering dust at the digital landfills for over 2 months now. That's coz I was suffering from social network fatigued, well I still am. It's not coz I was lost in that boogey place called Writer's Block. I was just clearing my desk. This year I am a scholar, an academic, pushing my studies to a steptronic gear. It's time to get even, especially after going through such an odd year, 1+1=11. A bad case of claustrophobia, I and I stuck. Even my appreciation of art was at a very low ebb. I only managed to read one book the entire festive season sans a myriad of magazines that I picked up at the local SPAR. And ironically, the best magazine I read was actually a free copy of Mahala magazine, what a treat. The lone book that I read was The life of Pi -a novel by a Canadian writer called Yann Martel . I read this book so slow that I literally felt like a castaway myself. This psychosis was further aggrievated by the sweet notes of a Mozambiquen beer I disco...