Does It Matter (for a corps member killed in Rivers)

And does it matter
if our death headlines
the page of newspapers
covers the screen of TV sets
and waves of radio at night
in a land where skulls of dead men
are the broken staircase
that lead to the throne of thorns

Does it matter
if we all die one day
like dogs hit by vehicles at dusk
for the glory of callous gun men
and the victory of their gods

Does it matter. . .

Oritsefemi's Quintessential Celebration Of African Marriage Through Igbeyawo Track: A Review

photo credit: Oritsefemi wikipedia page

In 2006 when Oritsefemi Majemite Ekele (born January 5, 1985) , also known by his stage-name Oritsefemi broke away from Junglist Boys- a group of himself and Chibudo known as Chi-Junglist- to pursue his solo carrier as a reggae-afro-beat artiste, little did we know that the man whose musical journey started from Cherubim and Seraphim Church in a very congested place called Ajegunle in Lagos would still be garnering implausible relevance and soaring stardom by now when many of his peers have been swallowed up by early oblivion. This exceptional feat can be said to have been accomplished due to his unabated perseverance in pursuit of his musical dreams and strong support from the Nigerian ‘ghetto-boys’- his greatest fans.

Amidst many moments of trial and tribulations as a then budding street singer in a feisty fight for survival, also helped by his sonorous voice and perfect understanding of the street language, Musical Taliban (his self-given pseudonym), now a master of his craft has written himself in the heart of many Nigerians not only as one of the existing hip-hop artistes whose musical dexterity has a noticeable modicum of common sense, tangible social concern and moral preaching, but also one of the possible heirs of Fela  Anikulapo legendary musical spirit, afro-beat.