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Jan 7 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
I have the English😊 Let’s go🧵
“Tsonga” clans have lived in Southern Africa for almost a thousand years.
When Shaka defeated the Ndwandwe, 200 yrs ago, a Ndwandwe general called Soshangane fled to “Mozambique,” where he unified various Tsonga clans and formed the Gaza empire
The “Tsonga” speaking people in “Mozambique” under Soshangane were called Shangane’s people (shangaan). So here are some reasons it may be offensive to call Tsonga people in South Africa Shangaan:
Jan 23, 2021 • 8 tweets • 1 min read
The disconnect between African countries who had different colonizers is illustrated best by the lack of flights between us. Mozambique and Tanzania are Neighbouring countries but there are no direct flights between them.
It’s easier for someone to fly to Portugal from Maputo than for them to fly to Dar es Salaam 😭
When I was 16 my family moved to Tanzania. I moved there first with my dad and we drove there from South Africa because my dad wanted to keep his Toyota Corolla. (But also we wanted to see places 🤗)
Oct 21, 2020 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
I think the #EndSARS momentum is about more than that one police unit. The police are a massive problem but IMO they are a symptom, of a hyper consumerist, hyper unequal society where the rich rub their wealth in the face of the poor and get to do anything they want with impunity
In Lagos, the divide between the rich and the poor is so hard hitting. When I was there, mainland was overcrowded, chaotic and broken down. You couldn’t tell if the buildings were still being built or deteriorating.
Jun 25, 2020 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
For those asking where the #Ownitremix is, after I got nominated alongside him for BET Best International Act, Burna boy asked Stormzy’s team to take down the song immediately😅.
Song was out for a whole month before that, no problem.
Nov 20, 2019 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
It was so clear that the issue of xenophobia in South Africa was being used more as a marketing ploy by the organizers of the “Africa Unite” concert than as a way to effect real change.
That was my worry when I declined to perform. Just from the headline act they chose, it was clear that they wanted a controversial figure more than someone, eg Wizkid, who was engaged in the issue in a constructive way.
Sep 26, 2019 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
I’m only where I am because I’m light skinned, I don’t deserve to be called a rapper, I’m protecting a predator, I don’t write my own tweets, I’m suppressing fellow Tsonga artists because I didn’t retweet someone’s remix of my song.
All I’ve done is be a positive light. But damn honey the brighter I shine the more shade they throw on me. 😂
Sep 6, 2019 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
The biggest take away from this scuffle between Nigeria and South Africa will probably be how serious and dangerous fake news is.
Seeing a lot of thought leaders talking about killing and butchering of Nigerians in SA has really proven this point. Not a single Nigerian has been killed in these xenophobic attacks. Not one.
Sep 3, 2019 • 14 tweets • 2 min read
The reason we have bad leaders is because we want bad answers. We want people to say “foreign nationals are completely innocent” or to say “foreign nationals are completely responsible for crime”.
We get dishonest leaders because we want things to be black and white and the truth very seldom is.
