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Tafadzwa Zimoyo Entertainment Reporter
Businessman-cum-musician Energy Mutodi has praised First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe for her philanthropic works and being a “mother to the nation”. Mutodi, who recently released his ninth album “Ndiri Munzira Kuuya”, hailed the First Lady for her motherly duties.
The album carries four songs, namely “Chizivano”, “Ndiri Munzira Kuuya”, “Marehwarehwa” and “Varaidzo”.
In an Interview with The Herald Entertainment, the businessman said the First Lady’s vision and courage inspired him.
“This is one woman who has shown not just women, as some people would like to believe, but men as well, what it means to be brave. There are very few people like her who are prepared to defend the values of nationhood,” said Mutodi.
“The song ‘Chizivano’ presupposes a situation where there is rampant political discrimination in the country based on tribal, regional and factional grounds. Under that system there is need for godfathers or godmothers who recommend and speak on behalf of their members.
“However, that system locks out unknown but competent characters in the political game because no one is there to nominate them and allow them to grow through showcasing their talents. Such individuals are literally orphans,” explained Mutodi.
In the song, Mutodi pleads with the First Lady to come to the rescue of those that have no godfathers and godmothers as they risk never gaining recognition.
He sings: “Saka chiuyai Amai muvariritire avo vasingagoni kuzvichengeta vangakura seiko? (So come, mother, and take care of those who cannot take care of themselves. For how can they grow?)
Mutodi said the song calls for the First Lady to come and take care of political orphans in the same way she has taken care of the disadvantaged in society now that she has entered the political fray.
In the song Shiga Shiga chants: “Nayo fundo yachiremba yekuchengeta vana nenherera, nesuwo musatisiyewo”, in direct reference to Amai Mugabe who recently attained a Doctorate of Philosophy, specialising in the study of disintegrated families and the role of children’s homes.
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