Kenyans are tired and as the greatest son of Africa- whose popularity, by the way, was a threat to Bob Marley( a story for another day)-Lucky Dube says, Nobody can Stop Reggae. Boniface Mwangi has some insights on what will happen at the next concert at KICC grounds.
Tukienda concert ya reggae KICC next time tunaeza iteremsha fasta fasta. Watu walipie ticko lakini agenda ikuwe ni hii. 👊🏾✊🏾 https://t.co/6LlAeEhtRj
— The People’s Watchman (@bonifacemwangi) June 8, 2020
Jomo Kenyatta Statue
The cast bronze statue was entirely made in England with every detail intact and was then shipped from England by container to Mombasa and was then driven by truck to Nairobi and installed in its current location.
It was sculptured by British sculpture, James Butler.
Mzee Jomo Kenyatta is immortalized sitting on a podium of reinforced concrete, bush hammered and detailed with the sculptor’s own signature and year of installation, in fine four buttoned suit and traditional African gear covering the suit and head.
His hands rest on his ‘fimbo’ (Walking stick) a common denominator with him (Jomo Kenyatta) in his rule when he always had a defining item at hand. And he is looking beyond
Boniface Mwangi
The Activists and professional photographer was responding to an earlier tweet that had, hypothetically suggested that Kenyans unite and topple down the Statue of Mzee Kenyatta
Kuna Statue pale KICC. Let me wait for Kenyans to get fed up like me. Then it will be, "Down with that Black Colonialist!" https://t.co/o0srNKx5Ay
— Mūnjìrū wa Mbarī ya Kaìgì (@kavsmaina) June 7, 2020
The death of George Floyd and the ensuing ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement in America and other parts of the world have now culminated in anti-racism protesters toppling down contentious statues in their respective countries.
In Bristol for example (Video on the link above), demonstrators on Sunday pulled down a bronze statue of Edward Colston, a notorious slave trader who was prominently involved in England’s sole official slaving company in the 17th century – the Royal African Company- which transported tens of thousands of Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to work in sugar plantations and tobacco fields. The company branded its initials onto the chest of every enslaved African.
Demonstrators then rolled the 5.5-metre statue that had stood since 1895 into the Bristol Harbour, sparking joyous scenes of a well-executed takedown.
Lewis Hamilton also supported unequivocally the actions of protesters who pulled down the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol.
Hamilton is the only black driver in Formula One and has been outspoken in his condemnation of the killing of George Floyd and his support for the Black Lives Matter movement.
Hamilton also condemned the government’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak, insisting the UK deserves better leaders.
Here are some of the reactions to the tweet.
I got an A- in history for studying lies that Kenyatta was among the freedom fighters
— Szoboszlai is scouse (@Mullahfahd) June 8, 2020
https://twitter.com/Madollarr/status/1269996231100489729?s=20
Such things can’t be mobilised quietly. Strangers at a concert can’t pull such a move spontaneously. Utapigwa na watoto wa politicians and their bodyguards when you pull such a stunt. Carry your own crowd and then persuade the rest to take part.
— The People’s Watchman (@bonifacemwangi) June 8, 2020
"A symbolic propaganda campaign was organized to maintain the myth that Kenyatta had always been the Mau Mau leader the British arrested and jailed in 1953, despite the reality of Kenyatta’s repeated denunciation of the movement."
— Souris (@Kolaitd) June 8, 2020
