By Staff Writer
There is this African saying, “when you are a neighbour of a rich man, you are also rich”. This is because, once you are directing someone to your home, you can use that rich man’ home. At instance like, “when you reach that only home with roof tiles (amategula), with a black gate, opposite it, is my home!”
The same applies to music, if one artiste is international, he uplifts the whole of his nation or tribe too. And that is exactly what happened to Uganda’s international reggae artiste, Anecoo Omitto.
Soon after dropping his maiden reggae album, “Uganda and Malawian girls”, in September, last year, 2019, to the international audiences, on all major world streaming music sites, well, the latest reaching our desk, shows that, last month in April, this Alur giant, the self claimed “Jaljobi”, meaning, a he-buffalo, went back home in Nebbi, West Nile, took it to the studios and dropped down the current biggest Alur tune called, “Ngom ongeyu wege”.
Ngom ongeyu wege literary means, the world know its masters. Going by his press release, on his official page, “ngom ongeyu wege”, was inspired by the teachings of Pan-Afrikan prophet Malcolm X’s, “the house and field negroes”. Even though, Mr. Malcolm taught these in 60’s and 70’s, his teachings are as fresh as now now. What he preached against then, we are still experiencing them even up to date, as the black race.
You find that, whenever there is a black man, that rises to liberate the black race, from different forms of oppressions, there will always be some other black man out there, who will rise up to fight him too. But even if, all are like this, at the end of it all, the people (world), will differentiate between a pro-black and an anti-black. Thus, “ngom ongeyu wege” (the world knows its masters).
Anecoo Omitto further states that, he had to break down this Malcolm’s teaching, so that the local community, the Alur (Luo) that he sang to, in their language, by giving them day to day life experiences. The political and business experiences. For example, in the first verse, he sang about this good political leader, who is doing great for his community, then all of a sudden, there comes another politician, whose intentions are not after acknowledging and building on the achievements of this incumbent, but rather, he is after breaking down this incumbent from his position. Bad minds just. The same applies in business etc, as he sang it in the second verse.
https://song.link/i/1506127270
Anecoo Omitto is well known for previous Alur tunes like “kud i ywaki, kwir, moku dhamaru” and among others. The “ngom ongeyu wege” project was produced in London, UK, mixed and mastered by Uganda’s biggest mix master, Herbert Skillz. It is a soukous beat, that will readily gets up grooving to it, in this lockdown, as you throw your worries away, waiting for the lockdown may be, to eased.
It is currently being distributed by an international American publishers, based in California, on all major online music streaming sites. This is his first single, off the up next Alur (African beats) album, set to drop late next year, 2021.
Watch this page. Keep you posted! “Ngom ongeyu wege!”