Tag: Reflections
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Talent Management
I know a rapper who was so talented that I couldn’t believe there will be any point in his music career where his popularity would wane. Unfortunately, he’s begun falling gradually and I was so sad to see it. To me, the problem is mentorship. When artists get to that point where they are managers…
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They sing their wisdom
Have you heard a song full of silly ideas sung with so much passion? “Incredible!” You said to yourself. Don’t be shocked, my friend. The musicians sing their wisdom. And wisdom is like money in one’s pocket. If you don’t have enough, you can’t display much. You may work and earn more but presently, you…
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A bullet
Envy, hardened into a bullet, silenced the voice you and I heard so often on the radio. It was nobody’s business that he grew up an orphan in a ghetto, wondering what it meant to have a father and a mother. It never mattered to anyone the struggles that punctuated his rise to fame. Now…
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18XX – Part 8
I am strolling through the walls of my former school, Martin Fisher Memorial. It’s been eight years now since I left. The school compound looks deserted and old and the classrooms and assembly grounds that used to look very big in my eyes now look very small. I am witnessing a distant present that seems…
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Roots
It was a world of nature and magic. Tough times baked people into tough heroes. And the difficulties of survival enriched tales told from one generation to the other, deepening the grip of their songs on the heart. My mind was thirsty for stories when I was a child and I would pester the adults…
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