Music is an instrument and effective weapon against social injustice and if this instrument is used wisely, it can change lives and inspire a generation towards worthy causes.
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Who Is Next? The Criminalization of Poverty in Mathare
A core of every conscious theme in every song is the perpetual issue of poverty profiling and gun violence. The youth sing about been hunted by a system that has licensed its agent to kill.
Tafsiri Hii! The Song That Fired Up Kenya’s Music Industry
Tafsiri Hii was more than a song, it was a game changer. The socially conscious music captured the frustrations of an entire generation of young people locked away in urban ghetto squalor. It embodied their aspirations of escaping poverty to seek a better life despite being born on the wrong side of town.