Mwana wa Mfwiti by J.O.B.
One thing I have always loved about music is the language in it. While I do enjoy its instrumentation, music has been chiefly poetry to me. The use of language is what to me makes a song succeed or fail.
The song is a child of poetry and poetry is that language that not only thrives on the use of metaphorical language only but is equally a metaphor. The metaphor is what creates the poem’s and the poem creates the metaphor since it is the representation of the metaphor.
Mwana wa Mfwiti takes that same position when we first approach it. You are lost in its intricacies I the sense that not only is it graphic but also the subtlety of its graphic nature. It’s graphic while also not being graphic at all.
The use of language is clear in the titling of the song itself. I think the moment you hear the title Mwana wa Mfwiti, you are made to wonder who this mwana wa mfwiti is. And then JOB seems to make it the song, the persona and the unknown too.
The same would be said of his approach in Hallelujah. He seems to have brought back the satire, cacophony and vast exploration of the hidden and untainted lives of humanity in this song. It if way beyond comprehension for an average listenership but also appeals to all ears.
Gankhanani Moffat Moyo
Lecturer, Researcher and Author
Literature, Culture and the Arts
26/06/15
Gankhanani Moffat Moyo
Lecturer and Researcher
Literature, Culture and the Arts
University of Zambia
Department of Literature and Languages
P. O. Box 32379
Lusaka.
Cell: 00260967424282, 00260974175082, and 00260955424283.
http://thesoulofafrica.blogspot.com/
Lecturer and Researcher
Literature, Culture and the Arts
University of Zambia
Department of Literature and Languages
P. O. Box 32379
Lusaka.
Cell: 00260967424282, 00260974175082, and 00260955424283.
http://thesoulofafrica.blogspot.com/
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