THE EKAITE CHALLENGE!!!
by Egbe Monjimbo on 04/13/20
GREETINGS!
Prior to the week that just ran out, I had never heard of a DAVID JONES DAVID me oh! (Please excuse my mumu-itude!!)
I even deleted the first 2 videos of this INCREDIBLE song of his - featuring KENNY BLAQ (whose name I did recognize), and another artist whose name, (believe it or not), is actually EMMA OH MA GOD!!! (Eeeeeee mba ndi mba!!!) that was sent to me thrice (by 3 different people), assuming it was YET ANOTHER PIECE OF DISTRESSING "CORO-BILIA" which, if person no take time, has the potential to finish you off wit HIGH BLOOD, well before de CORO sep-sep could ever get to you!!!!
BOY! Am I GLAD I decided to get past my "annoyance", hit the "PLAY" button, and listen long enough to be soooooo drawn in, I was in TEARS within seconds. (In fact, it is quite a good substitute for "OPTREX" or any other basic, cleansing EYE DROPS. The tears it generates should wash any lingering "KONJONG" (as in, CONJUNCTIVITIS, right out of both your eyes, ah shuweh!)
It is not just the SCREAMING PASSION with which each artist delivers his part, nor is it just the enchanting MELODY, the impeccable VOCALS or the hauntingly BLENDED HARMONY: it is really about ... the LYRICS! THE MESSAGE!!!!
The song was released barely a week ago and, unlike the rest of the "WASH HAN', TIE ONION FOR CHEST, CHEW JINJAH 4 TIMES A DAY and INHALE FEVER GRASS VAPOR" videos, it deviates from the MEDICINAL side of this NDON that has befallen us, to the PSYCHOLOGICAL, MENTAL, and EMOTIONAL part of the equation, which is quite often overlooked, even though it is such a VITAL component.
Right now, besides the COVID-19 infected patients themselves who are the GLARINGLY OBVIOUS victims of this pandemic, and the FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS and FIRST RESPONDERS who could be ranked "next in line" so to speak, - and the WORRIED families of the aforementioned there are so many others for whom the current pandemic is quite DEVASTATING!
Think about:
- OUR CATERERS, EVENT PLANNERS, RESTAURANT OWNERS etc. who made a living by COOKING FOOD for, ARRANGING and RENTING out various items for EVENTS that have all been CANCELED. Even the little orders they had on the side for just "Family Consumption" are not happening anymore because everyone is WORKING FROM HOME and is quite thrilled to GRATTAH their own COCO from scratch and actually POUND MBANGA wit MORTAH and MORTAH pestle! In fact, some of us would readily use a PEPPER STONE & GRINDING STONE if only to make up for the arm workout that used to happen in the NOW SHUT DOWN GYM!!!
How do all these people - and their staff, pay their RENT, FEED themselves and their families? - OUR SEAMSTRESSES: Who dey sew closs now so? For wear'am go woosai???
- OUR DJs and PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS: "DANGCE"??? Na onley inside house, You and ya walkman oh! "SNAFF"??? We all dey take na onley SELFIE of we "seffs" in our pajamas!
- CLASS OF 2020 GRADUATES who have, for years, looked forward to their now canceled Graduation Ceremonies and Celebrations. (You may say "na some bettah ting dat?" but for a STUDENT, that is a HUGE deal!)
- WORKING CLASS people engaged in services that are NOT deemed "ESSENTIAL" and, as such have been put "on furlough"!!! And then ...
- THE BEREAVED!!!
If their loved one passed on from COVID-19, it has not just taken the LIFE of their LOVED one, but also denied them, (the bereaved persons), the privilege of getting the much needed CLOSURE that normally comes from either being with their loved one at their hospital bedside as they transition, or at least giving them a befitting burial.
If their loved one has passed on from "other causes", they have to hold off - INDEFINITELY, on any Funeral Plans, since the various LOCK DOWN measures in place around the globe do NOT allow for TRAVEL and "CONGREGATING" - 2 of the main things involved in Funeral Arrangements. In fact, what of even ... - YOU & I who may not be sick now, but are SCARED out of our wits every time we MUST step out of our homes - masked or not, terrified each time we check the mailbox - gloved or not!
BOTTOM LINE, ALL OF US, have an "EKAITE" in our lives!
Wouldn't be a bad idea at all, to CHALLENGE OURSELVES to REACH OUT to those people we are suddenly no longer seeing on Facebook, or are no longer hearing from as often on our WhatsApp Chat Groups or who are listed in our cell phone contacts as: "LASHONDA, WEAVE GIRL", "NGYUEN, NAILS DUDE", "LAMAR, BARBER", or "MA BRI, KATI-KATI" or ...
OYA! CLICK ON THE LINK, LISTEN & GO CHECK ON SOMEONE, ah beg!!!
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