Nadia Mukami, a well-known pop singer from Africa, responded to Otile Brown’s assertion that there are no international musicians in East Africa.
Otile Brown expressed his opinions about artists from East Africa during an interview with Oga Obinna.Nadia offered her opinions on the topic in response to a query on Otile Brown’s statement during an exclusive interview with Kalondu Musyimi.
Whoa, do any foreign performers perform in East Africa?
What precisely is a global artist? You know, though, I believe that kuna wasanii wamejaribu sana will be my response to this question. Their creations are beyond reproach. Na mwingine na diamond amejaribu sana? When we travel outside, people who don’t know you will tell us that we merely know Sauti Sol, thus Sauti Sol has truly tried. Additions by Nadia Mukami.
Otile Brown asserted that no East African musician is international, which seemed to be at odds with Nadia’s views on the matter. She asserted that certain artists have put in a lot of effort and should be given acknowledgment.
“So that means they’ve sold their work. So as much as someone can argue that way, for me, I would say we cannot discredit that there are artists in East Africa who have international recognition.
Sauti Sol are like legendary right now. In East Africa, I would say they are known more, and Diamond as well. So I think ni sijui… it’s just that we shouldn’t discredit the fact that there are artists who have worked hard to at least represent us out there.”
In October 2020, award-winning musician Nadia Mukami released her debut EP, Popstar.
