Monday, October 25, 2010

Museveni: Rap Star

President Museveni has felt the call of the rap world as he performed a song of his own creation at what was dubbed the NRM soldiarity concert. The concert, according to Emmanuel Gyezaho and Yusef Muziransa for the Daily Monitor, could easily have been a campaign rally in the days leading up to nomination day. Campaign posters of Museveni stood out among the crowd, and the ruling party's color yellow was dominant everywhere, even to the t-shirts and hankies the crowd was wearing and waving. A free concert, local musicians were encouraged to take part in the merriment. Charles James Senkubuge, the event's master of ceremonies, said that the youth of Uganda wanted to take President Museveni out to party as part of a speech before welcoming the first well known musician to the stage. At the end of his performance that musician beseeched the crowd to vote for Museveni. After the next performance, the DJ switched the beat, and a new unfamiliar song came on and you could hear Museveni's voice saying "give me the stick used for herding cows". Soon Museveni was on stage, and in a move that surprised everyone, began performing live. Museveni was reportedly inspired by rappers from Entebbe, who said that rap was all about poetry. The night continued with Museveni and multiple other performers urging Uganda's youth to vote for the President.

by: Margaret Nunne

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