I don’t have to march on the streets to register my displeasure -Buchi

Buchi

Buchi is one Nigerian singer who needs no introduction. He’s a gospel reggae singer with several hits to his credit. As a matter of fact, he can be rated as one of Nigeria’s top ten gospel musicians.

Reggae singers are basically conscious musicians who usually sing about strife, poverty, inequality, racism and other problems of the world. Since Nigeria is saddled with so many problems, and OSEYIZA OOGBODO BLOG spoke with Buchi recently, it was only natural OOB should ask him if he has a song about the problems on his latest album, Red Gold Green.

“No,” he answered. “But on the album before it, I’ve a song, Cease Fire, which talks about Nigeria’s problems. And it’s so sad that Nigerian musicians are not singing about the ills in our society. Listening to Nigerian music, you would think that all we do is drink and party as we have no problems.”

If he’s truly concerned about Nigeria, why doesn’t he protest on the streets then with movements like Charly Boy’s Our Mumu Don Do which protested successfully against President Muhammadu Buhari’s indefinite absence from Nigeria?

Or Bring Back Our Girls which was a thorn in the flesh of President Goodluck Jonathan and now wants to be same in that of Buhari?

His answer was emphatic. “I don’t have to march on the streets to register my displeasure. I don’t have to do that. And by the way, I don’t have anything against people who do so.”

True, Buch.

Different strokes for different folks.