Kenyan musician, Njoroge Wanjigi has recorded an album that he dedicates to the suffering Zimbabwean

Zimbabwe: Kenyan Musician's Cry for Country

Zimbabwe Standard (Harare)

21 June 2008
Posted to the web 23 June 2008

John Mokwetsi

KENYAN musician and pastor, Njoroge Wanjigi, has recorded an album dedicated to how much Zimbabweans are suffering under Zanu PF rule.

Wanjigi, a born-again Christian, said from South Africa he had come up with an album called Prayer of Zimbabwe in Shona and Ndebele.

He said he grasped the languages from "friends from Zimbabwe".

Cry for Zimbabwe, the only song Standardplus listened to through an attached MP3 file, was inspired by the political violence and persecution Wanjigi saw during his own country's post-election scenes early this year.

He said the song was influenced by his interaction with Zimbabweans living in SA, listening to talk radio and watching TV footage of scenes of violence in Zimbabwe.

He said: "My anger was particularly acute when I saw South African President Thabo Mbeki proclaim to the world there was no crisis in Zimbabwe."

"As the world waited for the release of electoral results weeks later," he said, "I was Godly-inspired to give the voiceless men, women and children of Zimbabwe a voice. I felt their pain, anger, suffering and more importantly, their will was being grossly misrepresented by such reckless eloquence. To add insult to injury, Robert Mugabe's total dismissal of their desire for change did not make it any better."

Twenty percent of the total sales of the album have been ear-marked for humanitarian aid for the struggling people of Zimbabwe

"I hope this song pulls at the heartstrings of the people of the world and unites us to mobilize humanitarian aid for the people of Zimbabwe,as opposed to shiploads of arms sanctioned by a demented government, a government committed to self-preservation at the expense of the starving people of Zimbabwe."

The album is now available in South Africa but is yet to reach Zimbabwe.

 

Kenyan musician, Njoroge Wanjigi has recorded an album that he dedicates to the suffering Zimbabwean community under the rule of 84 year old octogenarian Robert Mugabe. On the project, he expresses his sympathy with a song titled 'Cry for Zimbabwe', a Godly inspired song placed in the heart of Njoroge Wanjigi a born again Christian after experiencing what apathy can do.

Njoroge Wanjigi says he was influenced by various interactions with the Zimbabwean people living in SA, listening to talk radio and watching on TV the shenanigans taking place across the border. His anger was particularly acute when he saw his Excellency President Mbeki proclaim to the world that there is no crisis in Zimbabwe.
 
He comments; "As the world waited for the release of electoral results weeks later, I was Godly inspired to give the voiceless men, women and children of Zimbabwe a voice. I felt their pain, anger, suffering and importantly, their will was being grossly misrepresented By such reckless eloquence; to add salt to injury, Robert Mugabe’s total dismissal of their desire for change did not make it any better."

Cry for Zimbabwe was recorded in both shona and Ndebele. Twenty percent of the total sales of the album have been ear marked for humanitarian aid for the struggling people of Zimbabwe

"I hope that this song pulls on the heartstrings of the people of the world and unite us to mobilize humanitarian aid to the people of Zimbabwe as opposed to shiploads of armoury sanctioned by a demented government, a government committed to self-preservation at the expense of the starving people of Zimbabwe” he added

The album prayer for Zimbabwe is now available.