Biafra: PSqare, Flavour, Timaya, Others Are Bunch Of Failures, Noisemakers - Russell Bluejack | CNR

Russel Bluejack, thinker and revolutionary writer has taken a swipe at Peter and Paul of PSquare, Flavour, Timaya and other musicians from the old the Eastern region of Nigeria over their deafening silence in the face of brutal killings of unarmed IPOB members in Aba and Umuahia when men of the Nigeria Army invaded the South east region for a military exercise code-named Operation Python Dance II.

Others hit by Russel's blow includes Run Town, Duncan Mighty and unmentioned numerous others.

The writer who traced the place of music in man's struggle for freedom throughout history, eulogized musicians like Maria Makeba, Hughes Masekela, Lucky Dube, Majek Fashek, Oritz Wiliki, Otobong etc. all of whom used their songs to promote the demise of apartheid in South Africa.

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Bluejact wrote: "How can I forget the concerts staged in the 80s by Paul Simon, Maria Makeba, Hughes Masekela (arguably the best trumpeter in the world) and sevral others. O yes, how can I forget the evergreen superb hits of Brenda Fasie titled "The Black President!". I have lost count of Lucky Dube's tracks on freedom, oppression and, apartheid. One thing bound these songs together - freedom. Yes, these were the kinds of crusades that took place outside the four walls of Nelson Mandela's prison. The young man has no inkling that the pressure being mounted outside was that strong. These musicians, superb and globally-recognized as the are, did not wait for anyone to spur them on.

While recalling that Nigeria played a prominent role in ending apartheid in South and subsequent release of Nelson Mandela from prison, Bluejack regretted that the various media in Nigeria have remained passive in the face of disturbing killings of unarmed agitators for self-determination.

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"Everyone knows that Nigeria played a very significant role in the release of Nelson Mandela, yet our music, print, audio-visual, audio and print media have gone into compulsory hibernation in the face of disturbing killings of unarmed agitators for self-determinism.

"I think it is high time I used my whip on the butts of the likes of Timaya, the Okoyes, (PSqare), Flavour (Who has turned sour in his struggle), Run Town, our own Port Harcourt boy, Duncan Mighty and many others too numerous to mention. These musicians constitute a bunch of failures.

"Timaya's "Dem Papa" reflected what happened in Odi community, a period when a supposed civilian president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo sicced the Army at a community in Bayelsa State. Timaya's reponse, I dare to say, was a belated one, since the track was release several years after the disaster, yet; it struck the cord. Where is Timaya now? Has he lost both his eyes and his voice in the face arguably the most gruesome killing of innocents? As for PSqare, these gory days do not call for dancing and making money. It is time for lyrical crusade against oppression.

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The Port Harcourt-based scholar however praised the likes of Femi Kuti and Idris Abdulkarim for being responsive to the realities of our time through their musics.

He wrote: "Thanks a million to the duo of Idris Abdulkarim and the phenomenal Femi Kuti for being exceptionally responsive to the prevalent socio-economic and political situations of our time. I cannot forget what the Baboon called Obasanjo did to Idris because of his "Nigeria Jaga Jaga" soundtrack. These former and present mismanagers of Nigeria hate the truth.

"What we have before us here are artistes who are in the trade for money and money alone, the reason their songs are always about their own achievements.