Makoni happy with song’s airplay

song “Haagadzwe” is receiving on the airwaves.
According to the Rusape-based musician, the song – carried on his 2007 album “Ndada, Ndada Ndada” – only started getting massive airplay late last year, a feat that the artiste found surprising
“It (the song) was not played only until last year. I don’t know why the sudden interest in it, but the fact is that I am happy with the airplay,” Makoni said.
The song talks about how people should be responsible for their own destiny, whether in determining who should lead them or where their fate should lie.
It has been interpreted in many ways, with others taking it to mean that Zimbabweans should be masters of their own destiny without the Western world dictating to them how they should run their own country.
“Mambo haagadzwe nevatorwa (local chiefs are not elected by foreigners),” sings Makoni.
It is this topical message about how Zimbabwe should run its own affairs and how it is under siege from the Western world through the imposition of illegal sanctions among a host of other attendant issues, that has made the song spot on.
Makoni uses rich Shona language to drive the issues home.
He said it was his role as a social commentator to sing about issues that affect people in their daily issues.
“I am just a social commentator. I look around and address issues affecting people in their day to day lives.
“I always try to compose what can still be relevant in the next 50 or so years, and that is what I did on that song,” Makoni said.
The humourous lyricist said he was happy with the direction his career was going, adding that the gods have been smiling on him.
“I can’t complain.
“I travel all over the country holding shows. However, one needs to persevere and be strong in order to move on in this tough industry.
The “Dhongi” hitmaker also revealed that he was currently working on a new eight-track album titled “Munyibo” together with fellow musician and close friend, Oliver Mtukudzi.
He said the album would be released sometime in August.
“The only challenge is that our work schedules are always tight, if I am not travelling it is Tuku who is busy, and now as you know he is Europe and this has forced us to work on the album at a moderate pace,” Makoni said.
The nomadic artist is also known for his humourous, but didactic lyrics.
Since he penned his first song, almost two decades ago, he has produced a string of hits among them “Handiende” and “Zvachonyana”.
He is among, the country’s few solo musicians who have managed to carve a niche for themselves on the market together with the likes of George Pada and more recently Kireni Zulu.