Sorry Demethiu...You are nothing but a racist, tribalist and a male chauvinist.

Sajini,

Kahora Mwarimù. Anga hau nìwoka mùno.

Just curious to know what informs your assertions.

To me he's an exemptionally talented artist. His music touches on contemporary social and political issues. Of course not everyone would be expected to agree with him. Some of these things can be emotive and controversial but that's what makes him a great artist - he doesn't shy away from controversy and always puts his message across and does so with a stroke of genius. I disagree with some of his views but that doesn't take away the fact he's a master in his craft.

If speaking out against what he sees as injustices visited upon his people, my people, makes him a tribalist then I need to be retaught the meaning of that word. Was Martin Luther King a racist? Malcom X, Gandi, Jesus and Mandela? Were they all tribalist and racists? Was Bob Marley a racist?

Njau ya Mbogo,
Nindakuigua...reke ngerie gutheria ...

I agree that Demathhew is one of the most talented artists not just in Kukuyuland, but Kenya as a whole, and that is the problem, because if he misuses his talents, it can create untold havoc. Sang did not through a spear, or wield a machete, but through his mouthpiece, he is a culpable as those bloodthirsty mobs that slaughtered the innocent.

Demathew's recent rebuke of Peter Kenneth just because he was exercising his democratic rights is a clear case of racism. He might not have said it so, but we all know what he was alluding to.

In many of his songs, he promotes the gospel of Kikuyu dominance; I have not heard of his advocacy of tribal harmony. Do not get me wrong, as a Kikuyu, I will always defend the Kikuyus or any other ethnic group that is wrongly accused, but I reject the notion mostly propagated by many Kikuyu musicians that Kikuyus belong to a higher hierarchy compared to other Kenyans.

Wo unto the women, with the demise of Queen Jane, women's voice in Kikuyu music has suffered a great deal. The fact that the majority male only espouse a worldview from the male point of view sound like male chauvinism to me.

DeMethew is a great artist no doubt, seems he rubbed Saj the wrong way by rebuking Peter Kenneth.

Muhuthia,

Can't we all just relax and enjoy a good piece of art for what it is? Here's another one....

Thina Ti Mbathi

This is wonderful song. It feels relax and calm when you hear this song. Immediate relaxation.