Asha is out and I understand.
She says the pressure was too much for her. For someone who loves African culture and Music as much as I believe Asha does, I can understand why she decided to leave.
Why, oh why don't the teachers get the contestants do African music. I mean, are we not so excited about listening to foreign music? And look at the number of foreigners that fly into Africa to witness its culture and growth. And here we are trying to iga very people that are so interested in our uniqueness.
Tell you something all you moulders of the Kenyan talent. If you make all your talent bend towards the western way of singing, dancing and doing music, the west will no longer be interested in watching Africa perform, dance, sing, act....all those things.
Foreigners don't travel so that they can continue to have the very experiences that they have at home. They travel so that they can see, hear new things, unusual things, things that will make their friends back home want to hear more and maybe they themselves come and see for themselves.
TPF teachers please, incline our talent towards our culture not towards foreign culture. While it is good to have a variety of music styles and instruments (which give color to the song) it is also wise to be proud of where you come from, bad as it is. The country is yours. The country is ours. We, should be proud and prove to people that just because things appear to be going wrong, we are not going to sit and feel like we belong in the wrong. We are a beautiful country with beautiful sounds.
What else can I say, We've got it, let's flaunt it.
Asha, it's too bad you couldn't handle it. Many would kill to have that chance, but I understand why you would want to leave.
Njeri
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