Busayo Fakunle

THE THEME OF HOPE IN SELECTED NIGHTBIRDE'S SONGS  By Busayo Fakunle  Music's universality makes it relatable as people find songs welcoming perhaps in tempo/pitch/melody, lyrics etc. devoid of musician's background, country or culture. Apart from the fact that music frees our mind from oppression, and opens our heart to being creative, it's an instrument of hope and that it has helped many people to stay alive still is indisputably the truth. Just like every musician has vision, Nightbirde's songs are mainly hope-filled, perhaps because of her status. What was strange about her status?  I met Jane Marczewski popularly known as Nightbirde  on YouTube around August 2021 on a Sunday that I was terribly devastated. That Sunday like the penultimate Sunday, I was troubled because I had many bills unpaid for but everything changed after I listened to Nightbirde. There is that easy connection that one gets while listening to her. But then, how can a relatively troubled bein...

A REVIEW OF ASAKE'S 2:30 By Busayo Fakunle Beyond being a source of entertainment, a tool for fighting pains and depression, and a language to express emotions, music is a form of art that is powerful enough to cause mood swings as well as reshape one's perception of life. At some points in the country, musicians used music as the collective voice of the masses to fighting against unfriendly governmental policies while still debating issues that surround manners, morals, governance etc. with a view to promoting love, peace, unity, hardwork, diligence, uprightness and other positive values needed to building a just society.  In Nigeria, my view is that most hip-hop songs can be categorized as noise rather than music. But then, what is noise for one person can be music for another. After all, variety is the spice of life. However, one of the musicians whose songs would never be categorized under the former is ASAKE. Asake's songs are not only culturally inclined, laced with l...

  THE SUBJECT OF LOVE AND BARRENNESS IN DIMGBA  by Busayo Fakunle Without doubt, Africa over the year, has been challenged, bedeviled with myriad of inhumane treatments and of course has her own share of tragic events. So also do her citizens, for what again is more tragic than having experienced the Trans Atlantic journey, neocolonialism, mind colonization, and still believes that barreness is Africa specific.  Barreness isn't peculiar to Africans alone, rather it has to do with individuals (humans) not minding race, religion, colour, gender, geographical location, and whether being wealthy or not. Unfortunately, in Africa, it is believed (mostly in some quarters) that the process of procreation lies more on the female gender (which I consider injustice) and her failure to perform this very important task automatically over time, earns her the 'IYAALE' title. This is because in Africa, children are considered the most important above several other reasons for marrying ea...