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Kudzai Mpangi, Sunday Life Reporter
LEADERS in all spheres of life must be readers, says gospel couple Pastor Charles and Olivia Charamba who are preparing to release a song that will encourage people to read.
The song that will be titled No reading no leading will feature the Zimbabwe Rural Schools Library Trust’s who are also ready to drop an album on a date yet to be disclosed.
Pastor Charamba said the song is pregnant with advice and encourages young people to read and equip themselves with life skills that will enable them to function well in society.
“The future is not so rosy for the boys and girls who shun reading as they will labour in vain and get exploited in their adulthood with no prospects of rising to managerial roles in the workplace,” Pastor Charamba said.
The couple encourages society to seek the hidden treasurers available in books and other reading resources including newspapers that keep them abreast with current developments in society.
Sung in Shona and punctuated with English lines, the song gets its title from the lines in which the couple challenge those aspiring to be successful and to lead, to read to achieve their dreams.
Pastor Charamba has teamed up with others to support Masarakufa School in Mudzi, the school he went to.
“I have a strong rural background, and I am very passionate about uplifting rural livelihood. There is so much potential in rural areas and I always become emotional when I think of how much my rural background almost cost my entry into the music Industry. I am one of the students who have therefore teamed up with others to support our former school, Masarakufa,” said Pastor Charamba.
Pastor Charamba encourages society to engage in development projects.
“Society needs to learn to be self-sufficient in projects such as libraries. Parents with limited financial resources can play a huge role by providing materials like bricks and sand while those with money would meet the costs for other materials. In a way, a library is the nerve centre of any learning institution, and must therefore be prioritised”, added Pastor Charamba.
The song is one of the 22 songs that make up a musical album to be released by the Zimbabwe Rural Schools Library Trust as part of its programme to encourage reading and to advocate for the establishment and development of libraries that add value to learning.
Other musicians and groups who have contributed songs to the album are Bkayy and BaShupi (UK), Edith weUtonga, Jah Prayzah, Jeys Marabini, Leonard Zhakata, Selmor Mtukudzi, Tariro ne Gitare, Tocky Vibes and Tonderayi Machiwenyika, among others. —@kayskudzai
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