Coronavirus in Uganda: Rachel Magoola sensitizes masses in song
This, a short song, easy to learn, and a message that doesn’t look to mince words explains why the ‘Obangaina’ hit maker is a force to reckon with.
A song by celebrated singer/song writer, Racheal Magoola is making waves. The song about coronavirus, written in Lusoga, an Eastern Uganda local dialect, starts with a plea to friends and family to please stay home. “Stay home and save your children,” she educates in song. “Corona doesn’t have shoes or a human calf, when you move you’re the one that distributes it.”
Magoola goes on to call for handwashing, a recommended preventive measure whilst dealing with the virus. Complete with gestures, a little dance, she sings from a home setting with what looks like her family. “Don’t visit me, I won’t visit so we can avoid the spread,” she says. “It kills the young, youthful and the elderly.”
This, a short song, easy to learn, and a message that doesn’t look to mince words explains why the ‘Obangaina’ hit maker is a force to reckon with. Complete with a home setting, the message can’t be heard to find and in times like this, especially when a lot could get lost in translation, a straight to the point kind of song is needed.