Not all Jamaicans lie
Good people, it appears Fantan Mojah has renewed Malawian’s ties with Jamaica’s music superstars.
Ignore that the Most High Jah hitmaker was largely unknown to the majority of locals whose staple sound does not begin and end with reggae hits. This might have been the reason there were spaces on the greens of Lilongwe Golf Club when the Caribbean star arrived in the capital.
For some people, their attendance was just to ascertain whether the Jamaican stars and the people who invite them would keep their promise for once.
Malawians have been licking wounds of disappointment since 2011 when some self-styled promoters hatched the hugely publicised lie that they would bring Sean Paul live in a concert in the Warm Heart of Africa.
Malawians were shortchanged when South Africa-based Malawian Bon African pledged to bring Luciano to Lilongwe only for the so-called Jah Messenger to chicken out due to unfounded rumours of Ebola in Malawi and Jamaican government’s ban on trips to Africa as if the continent was a village.
This is why some Malawians thought it was a lie that a Jamaican of Fantan Mojah standing would ever keep a word.
Looking at people having fun in Lilongwe last week, it is inevitable to pay tribute to the migrant brother from the islands in the sun for lighting up the festive mood.
Of course, some pictures look partly cloudy with smoke of the illegal herb towering into the sky.
Surely, reggae people were on fire!
Hearing them explode into thunderous “Jah Rastafariiiiii” and “Irieeeee” chants as they jived to the jams, it was understandable why the highly touted international no-shows 2014 was a painful patch in the years gone by.
What an early Christmas it was! A perfect gift for people dying for reggae tunes welling from its impeccable source—Jamaica, not Balaka or Chileka.
Just like the likes of Fantan Mojah are busty doing their thing, Malawians ought to concentrate on their traditional offerings—Tchopa, Vimbuza, mbwiza—because that is the only thing that will make Malawians shine the brightest on the highly competitive global stage.
Having said this and that, have a Merry Christmas and a prosperous 2015.
