Keeping the truth cool and trendy

I met these amazing guys this week, Kenyan musicians – Kanjii Mbugua and Richard Njau. They are popularly known as Kanjii and Astar. 

The first thing Kanjii said to me when I introduced myself to him was, “Are you Kenyan?” Of course I get that a lot. Last time I checked, I had Ethiopian and Masaai blood from my ancestors; a real Nubian queen.

But anyway, that’s a story for another day. Back to Kanjii, I just laughed and denied any relation to Kenyans. It must be my nose. Hmmm…

Anyway, if you meet Kanjii and Astar for the first time, they would probably be in shorts, jeans, cool shoes. You know, mabrazemeni kind of guys.

But if you spend just a few minutes with them, you would be surprised that they are quite down to earth and are made of such indescribable depth.

Kanjii owns Kijiji Records back in Kenya. Among other things, he is an entertainer through stage plays, music producer and a storyteller. On the other hand Astar is bad news when it comes to hip-hop and entertainment.

Now all this might be like a ‘wow’ until you hear the big shocker – they are both ministers of the gospel. Now on hearing the word ‘gospel’, you might think that I am about to preach. The gospel means ‘good news’.

And I think that if Jesus was alive today, he would have preached the gospel in a way that people of the 21st century would understand. He would probably be found at Maisha Club, or at Hongera Bar.

Most likely to be at Mlimani City somewhere. I know it is not Easter, or Christmas. But hear me out here. I appreciate people who stand at Posta Mpya, open the Bible and start preaching.

I appreciate that they have left their businesses and disregarded the strange looks they get. But I also think that there is an issue of being relevant.

Aren’t we the one specie that are so keen on what is ‘in’ and what isn’t? If colour-clashing is in, we make sure that we look trendy. If wearing Charanga skirts is in, we would make sure that we find one and add it to our closet.

I saw a few ladies on the street this week, with deep red rastas. I love red hair. So I am so in. That’s what I mean; we must seek to be relevant in everything, not just fashion. Even in our parenting styles.

These days, children are very smart. You cannot just tell a child ‘Don’t do that’. They will want to know, ‘why?’… Telling them, ‘because I said so’ would not be enough. You have to be relevant. according to the changing parenting. styles.

When our fathers were growing up, there was

Back to Kanjii and Astar, the two were involved in a school tour for the past two days.

In one of the schools that they went to, the students were up and jumping, screaming and shouting as the two guys asked the DJ to play. One girl said to her friend “This is so much fun.”

And that is when it clicked, this is relevant. The two will be at Jeans and T Shirt Concert at National Museum theatre tomorrow for a monthly youth concert.