Gota Mziki katika Libya: Kuwahudumia kama kilimi kwa Change

By Nekita juu ya 24 Mei 2011 katika Kitamaduni vibaya, OrijinBlog na No Comments

Kumbuka siku hizo, wakati rap na hip hop music walikuwa zaidi ya kulabu tu kuvutia, Bling na mijeledi nzuri? Kumbuka wakati wa rap na hip hop alikuwa na kusudi? Wakati aliwahi kuwa kilimi mwisho kwa ajili ya raia maskini na wanaoonewa? When rhyming was a skilled art that required the clever interplay of words that not captivated your attention but also made you think of the deeper meaning of what’s being said?

Baadhi wanadai kuwa rap na hip hop music tena wamiliki ujumbe mara moja alifanya wala inazalisha wasanii fahamu kama RDMC, Rakim, KRS-ONE, Public Enemy ECT. because there is no longer a need to ‘fight the power.’ Rap orijinated out of Black ghetto youths frustration with the dominant Eurocentric system that often excluded them and their needs. Hata hivyo, na rap na hip hop kuwa moguls zinazozalishwa kama vile Jay-Z, Diddy, Cash Money nk. kuwa vigumu kwa wasanii na wasanii wa hip hop katika Amerika ya Kaskazini rap kuhusu 'mapambano' na uonevu wakati baadhi ya icons ni kuongoza kuishi lavishly.

Wakati rap na hip hop katika Amerika ya Kaskazini leo ni wengi kufanyika kwa madhumuni ya burudani, katika maeneo mengine ya dunia ambako vigingi ni kubwa na uonevu na unyanyasaji ni rampant, rap na hip hop music na Reverted nyuma ya mizizi orijinal; kwamba ni, kutumika kama kilimi kwa ajili ya vijana na downtrodden. Rap music katika Afrika ni zaidi ya kuvutia kwa tune ya ngoma ili. Ni mizigo ya ujumbe na huonyesha sauti ya vijana walioonewa, ambao inevitably kuongoza nchi siku moja.

Take the youths for Libya for example. They are using rap and hip hop music as an outlet to not only express their frustrations but also to instigate positive change. Change that till bring peace, democracy and freedom to the war torn nation. As noted by one young rapper from Benghazi, wasanii kama Tupac alisimama kwa kitu zaidi ya mtu mwema ambaye alikuwa na uwezo wa baadhi ya kuvutia, mate kulabu. Tupac na nyimbo zake pekutevu aliwahi kama ishara ya jinsi ya kutumia muziki, kati ya mwisho wa mawasiliano, as a means to call attention to their plight under Gaddafi’s rule and bring about change.

While rap and hip hop music in North America today is often lambasted for its misogynist messages and its promotion of sex and violence, vijana nchini Libya ni kufufua rap nia ya kweli ya lengo; ili kuleta uelewa na kuchochea mabadiliko chanya.