[Kenya]
Morio Anzenza is a wonderfully polished song with a catchy beat inside a finely imagined clip. It was released on July 18, 2019 by, let's brand them groupe, Wakadinali & Dyana Cods. That's just a little over a year prior to my writing this piece. And that Dyana -- she's cool!
What a dazzling band of smooth operators they all are -- swagging and super self-confident. Blending hip-hop and rap, their Morio Anzenza is a gift for the eye and ear. Hip English phrases plus catchy sheng nouns and adjectives electrify the air to dazzling effect. Everyone just wants to dance, this way and that, in this lifting 'state of affairs'. I think that this song, more than any other or anything else, shaped Wakadinali's heightened sense of self in the run-up to Morio Anzenza's first anniversary.
And so, when, on July 26th 2020, Wakadinali engaged in a pretty aggressive push on Twitter for their musical craft, nay superiority, at the obvious expense of Jua Cali -- a fellow Kenyan artist, and a veteran of sorts in the industry -- they did so in the firm (but to vocal others misguided) belief that they were the better (nay, far better) ones; having, moreover, checked out the 'best' that Jua Cali had to offer. But which song were they thinking of? I don't think that they felt the need to point it out; but perhaps they had in mind that iconic song, Niimbie, by Jua Cali and Enika -- the Tanzanian Diva [To be continued...]
