Most of us must have read a few passages from the bilbe and must have heard the story of Jesus and the Pharisees yeah. Unfortunately for Jesus, the Jews didn’t recognize and follow him because as they claimed, he was the son of a common carpenter they know from around the block. How could he have been the son of God when they knew his father, mother and the poor house in which they lived? Of course they denigrated him, forsake all he preached, maimed and crucified him. The story of Jesus tells me a lot about the 237 Anglophone Entertainment Industry. Here we all are trying to build something, yet, the efforts seem to be waved aside simple because people know us. A sad case in point is this attitude which to me seems to have overtaken the hearts of the Anglophone community. Because a song, a movie, a comic sketch, a Facebook Page, and or website and Blog are created by people we know we don’t seem to see any need to like, share, comment or support it in any other way.
People seem to ask themselves why they should like, subscribe or signup to a page or blog. Is it not created by that small Banso boy they call Jude Bame, the one whose father and mother we know and whose sisters we know so well? Is it not a website created by Victor Kange, Ashu Kelly, Davis E Tabot, is not a song sung by AmSnazzy Shikena, Skiezy Ayenkea, Omie G Stunnerman, or Nat Offishal. Are these not these petit freres and soeurs we see in the neighborhood everyday? Why should be click like or share on their stuff? This is the Pharisee mentality that has overtaken our 237 entertainment industry. When you don’t support, share or like, how do expect to be inform and updated with what is happening in the industry? I am saddened by the passing away of Gee Reign, a young artist and unfortunately I don’t know him because people with this our sarcastic, pathetic and sadistic Pharisee mentality didn’t click or share his stuff when a few bloggers tried to promote his work. How then do u expect that people will know him. If only one of you in my friend list here clicked like and shared his work, probably i would have heard and or seen something about him. Today on the aftermath of his demise you come out acting all infuriated that others are celebrating him only after his death. Do you by any chance see your own part of the fault, can you at least be honest enough to accept it? At least to my humble opinion, Gee Reign is getting his props in spirit ‘cos we all refused to give them to him when he was in flesh.
I am saddened by the passing away of this young artists and it is our place as those staying behind to do him justice by asking God to let him RIP. It’s a path we all will follow someday. Maybe tomorrow or after or in months or years it will be me and like the Pharisees you all are will say, ah!! Weh, this guy who created Kwata Vibes has just gone so soon when he was doing something really nice about the entertainment industry on that his Kwata Vibes Blog. I know this because the statistics on the page show for each post i make. It will stunt you to hear that some of my posts get up to 3k visits a day but can’t boast of 10 reactions on it meanwhile i have about 2.5k friends following my Timeline on a daily basis. At least you see my posts ok Kwata Vibes Page ‘cos i share them on my timeline. Yet you have ignored invites to like, follow, share and subscribe. When tomorrow you cry, lament and gnash your teeth cos Kwata Vibes is sure buried, wouldn’t you just be confirming your status as a hypocrite and a Pharisee? The worst of it is the fact that we are so quick and ready to criticize and blow out of proportion the mistakes of those who are trying to bring some life into the industry. A case in point is a small mistake made by Delly Singah Philips on her post a few days ago. Everyone seemed to have seen the error yet they chose to ignore, or call her attention to it and rather preferred to make a mockery of it. In fact where do we want to carry this industry to if at all we want it to go somewhere.
If we want this industry to thrive and gain a status that can confidently compete with other industries in Africa and why not the world, then we must graduate from your hypocrisy and Pharisee mentality. We must learn to recognize people, projects and efforts made to pull the ship of the industry forward if we are going to succeed. To those admonishing others for celebrating Gee Reign, sure you think “RIP” is the exclusive right of his family and close friends yeah? Nope, not at all, because it is our place in the industry to celebrate him whether we knew him or nah. Our carry home message is for us to think again, and ask ourselves what we want for this industry whether we be content developers and supporters, promoters or viewers. I am not the first to make such lamentations about 237 Anglophone Entertainment Industry you sure will agree. People like Kyng Lloyd, Brian Mackwright Afanyu, Pius Bery, Boom La, Bae's Boo, and many others have spoken and written, but did we listen? My only cry now is for us all to kill that Pharisee Mentality in us so that tomorrow we shouldn’t regret and say like the Pharisees themselves, if only we had known. I done tok ma own.
Sincerely Yours
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