Citizen Radio, Kenya 2014

Hii ni Mseto Extra Time, katika Radio Citizen, ikiwa ni kipindi cha kwanza, round ya kwanza, ambapo nafurahia muziki wa kila aina. Tunasema kwamba party inaanzia hapa, na party ndo hivi basi inaanza. DJ Flash on the decks kama kawaida. Upande wa pili nipo na kikosi kamili cha Burundi. Wakali wa spoken word tayari kabisa kupatia Burundi, so jiandae kuweza kujumuika nao. Leo kwenye show by the way tuko na nani? Kenneth Bita ambulisha kikosi. Ni mimi kama kawaida, no, I know it's been a long time muda umekaa.

Kenneth Bita ni Nyumba, lakini nimeleta poet mpya anaitwa Willis, na amegeni kutoka international, this time musician is right with us to give us some company. Okay, please let her introduce herself. Hi everybody, it's a pleasure to be here. My name is Anushka and I'm a songwriter. Anushka. Yo. Anushka is the name. Anushka. Anushka is the name. Anushka. Yo. Make sure that you pronounce it right. Yes, and I would like to say something in Swahili. Furahia kuwa hapa na wewe. Aha. Asante sana. Naona Kiswahili kimevuka border kiasi, sio?

Anyway, pia tuko na mwingine hapa, atajitambulisha anaitwa nani? Wananiita Wilinjo. Wilinjo? Wilinjo Mashida ukipenda. Yo, no, mamtu wangu, karibu sana kwenye show, karibu sana kwenye show. Alright, so baada muda short break tutakuwa tunajumuika nao, na utaweza kujua kitu gani ambacho wamekiandaa. Asante sana. Mistari mizuri ambayo umepata kutoka kwa mkali wa spoken word ambaye anakujia katika Mseto Extra, kipindi cha kwanza. Baadaye kidogo bila shaka utapata kusikia muziki kutoka kwa Anushka, right? Thank you. Yeah, that's right.

So, lakini kabla hapo, it's always important to introduce yourself, tell people where you come from, what you do, and all that. Yeah. Okay, so I'm half Swedish, half American. I was raised globally because my dad was in the American Army, so we moved every year. So I consider myself a global person. And I've been doing music. I got a degree in music from Berklee College of Music in 1995. I'm a guitarist and a vocalist and a songwriter. I've been pursuing my international career these last couple of years. And now I'm in Nairobi.

I just recorded an album here with Teddy B, who's just been nominated for the Groove Awards. And I'm very inspired by the rich heritage that you have in Kenya, and I'm honored to be here and be meeting so many lovely people. And my new album is a fusion project, so I'm very excited about it. What kind of music do you play? So this new album, like I said, is fusion, and I just found out yesterday at another place, they told me this would be called Afro soul. Afro soul. That would be the genre.

I'd never heard that before, but if they're telling me that, I think they might be onto something. Okay. We'll see if you agree. All right. So, ... music ya Anoushka. Itakuwa ni muda si mrefu sana, itambulisha. So Anoushka iko hapa hivi, mngependa tukue na fasi kuanza kuzungumzia kilichomleta Kenya. All right, so what are you doing in Kenya at the moment? Well, so now I'm enjoying the benefit of having finished the CD and hearing it being played on radio stations and just spreading the music and the message, which is it's music for everybody.

It's secular, songs of hope, very positive, and I'm presenting it to everybody, and I'm just so honored to be here. Have you guys listened to it too and share it. All right, so what brought you to Kenya? What brought me to Kenya? I'm so glad you asked, actually, because my mother has a house in Malindi, and she has a scholarship foundation for orphans. And this year I became more engaged in working with orphans, and I also volunteer at the local orphanage. Doing theater classes, music, dancing. Whenever I'm there, I'm giving my time and my knowledge.

And what I would like to do, once I'm established in East Africa as an artist, is I would like to do more projects like that for the children, for street kids. Okay. So right now, can we consider you an East African musician, or you're still a global? I would be so honored if you would consider me an East African musician. I would be honored. Ndio, ndio, ndio, sawa sawa. Ndio, for sure. You do that. Ndio, ndio, ndio, ndio. Good, good stuff. It's good to know that you're learning Kiswahili vizuri. Thank you.

Well, you'll hear my Swahili in this song, Ndoto, Dream, which is the single which I'm promoting, which you'll be playing, and it's dedicated to the dreamer in everybody. Okay. Because my message is in this song that if we don't value dreams, we run the risk of falling into spiritual poverty. Okay. Powerful. That's powerful. So, tunakuenda kusikiliza ngoma. It's called? Ndoto. Ndoto. Say it again. Okay, hold on, hold on. I got it prepared. Say it again. Ndoto. Ndoto. Is that right? Yeah, very. Okay. Ndoto.

Ndoto is the name of the song ambo nakuja kucheza katika muda mbo si mrefu sana. Kwa hivyo, nenda kusikiliza kazi ya anoshka. Ambaye sasa hivi tunajaribu kumleta Afrika Mashariki zaidi kwa sababu ana passion na Afrika Mashariki. Anapenda Afrika, kama alivokueleza kwamba mama yake anajumba pale ambapo linatunza watoto ambao ni mayatima kule Malindi, unajua. Na sasa hivi mwenyewe pia yuko hapa kwa sababu ana passion na muziki, na maana amekuja hapa kukuza kipaji chake cha muziki. So, get ready for Anoshka's brand new song ambo inajulikana kama Ndoto.

Inakuja na DJ Flash, so stay fine. Show yako ambo inakupatia burudani na zaidi ya burudani. So, siondoke. Ka, hapo hapo lipo. Miendo.Radio Citizen 106.7 FM. Regardless what happens, please tuchunge raman. External factors, Kenya yetu hawezi spoil. Kukuwa safe na mnawewe, please protect our soil. Ni ngumu kuwithstand dhambi na mwagika daily. Sometimes na wish naota, but ina happen real. Mbono na nyamaza na kuna mse una suspect? Rise up and speak, please, utaunrespect. Asante sana. Ujumbe na tumai umefika. Anaushka, what do you have to say?

Yes, well, as a Muzungu who is visiting for the time being, first of all, I just want to say I find Kenyans are very brave, exceptionally brave, that they live with this constant, over the years they've been living with these threats. And what I feel, having been here now for a while, is somewhere somebody has to know something.

And I would appeal to those people who are struggling with a conscience, perhaps of betraying family members or friends, that these are the people who really have to make a decision to step up and inform people if they hear of anything, because at the end of the day, surely they do not want a future with a lot of innocent blood on their hands. So I think somebody knows something always, and that person or people should always be informing the right authorities to help prevent further attacks. All right, all right.

That's all I can say from an outsider's point of view right now. Okay, you are from Zungu, and we understand that wazungu have been given—they have been actually, they have been told about this security issue, and they've been told to vacate Kenya. Some people, some tourists have actually left our country. I heard. What do you have to say about that? You are from Zungu, actually. You know what? And I have to say this: terrorism is a universal problem. People thought they were safe in Boston.

I used to go to college in Boston, and there was a bombing there. There's been bombings everywhere in the world. It's a universal issue, and you feed it with your fear. So I would say to tourists that it doesn't necessarily mean it's going to happen to you here. It might happen to you when you go to Heathrow on your way home, trying to get away from it. So I think it's a universal problem, and we have to stand up together and not feed it. Okay. Thank you a lot for that.

Thank you for your opinion, and I will take this opportunity to thank you for giving us your time to come and speak to Kenyans, East Africans. I want to say something to you, my dear. Please do. Mizazi, show imebamba. No manake. Asante to DJ Flash. Thank you so much for honoring me on your show. All right. So please introduce your new song. This is the song which you have—I understand that it's reggae. It is reggae, and that's why I would love to share it with you all before we take off today.

It's called Hey Day, and it's about that moment in everybody's life when the universe falls together and conspires to work on your side and in your favor and make everything happen the right way. And I hope everybody gets a day like that. Nda atambuliki kama msanii wa Kiafrika mashariki, wa Kenya. Kwa hivyo, huyo ndiyo mzungu ambaye amesema kwamba mimi nina baki kuwa Mkenya, nabaki kuwa Kenya. So, tunamuita na kazi yake, halafu pia na kuja kupatia mkwanja, dola za Kimarekani, ntachia wa Marekani, lakini za Kenya na kupatia shilingi elfu tano.

Kwa hivyo kwa sababu nazoka Tuma, neno citizen, andika citizen, tuma kwa mbili tatu mbili, sufuri sufuri, ni kupatia mkwanja. Najua unakiu ya hela, nani ambaye hana njaa ya hela? Nambia huna. Basi kama unayo, andika citizen tuma kwa mbili tatu mbili, sufuri sufuri, ni kupe chapaa na DJ Flash adondoshe kitu. Radio Citizen kituo nambari moja, inasikika loud and clear katika kijiji cha Balich, maeneo ya Garissa, kupitia mitabendi tisini na saba nukta tano FM na Total Rubia. Safari zaidi na mafuta bora ya diesel ya hali ya juu ya Total Rubia.

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