NIKKI MBISHI TO RELEASE PLAY BOY VIDEO!

Music Lab hip hop artist Nikki Mbishi is going to release “Play Boy” video soon next week. The video was shot by Adam Juma from Visual lab is in the final stages and will be aired on local TV stations soon.

DONDA HALIFUGWI!

Nilijitazama nikafurahia ngozi yangu. Ngozi nzuri nilo pewa na Muumba. Inang’aa iso na kovu. Wote walitambua hilo pindi walipo niona ingawa walijua fika mie mtu shamba. Mtu shamba nilo pewa lift ya kuingia mjini.


Hapo nilipo wekwa ndo panishangaza. Akili yangu yashindwa tofautisha ungo na mwamvuli. Mvua yanyesha na nimejifunika ungo kujikinga. Ninalowa hili hali nimejifunika.

Nimezungukwa na watu wengi. Tunaangaliana tunafurahi. Wengine kati yetu wananuka na wanafuatwa na nzi. Hawajifichi lakini hakuna hata mtu mmoja anayediriki waambia wakae mbali nasi wajioshe watakasike. Ninasikia tetesi kwamba wao ndo wameshika fungua ya basi tutumialo kwa safari. Ni maneno chinini tu kwamba kuna harufu mbaya lakini hakuna anyoshaye mkono kwa hawa jamaa zetu walio jaliwa na nzi. Mmmh! Nisitie chokochoko mtu shamba mie nikarudishwa polini.

Donda halifugwi mtu shamba nasema wazi. La mwiba au la jembe donda litibie. Tunawakalia kimya hawa watu watazidi tunyambia na kutuchafulia hewa. Tunawaona na kuwajua lakini kuwasema na kuwatenga nasi ili wajiweke swafi twaona haya. Donda lionee haya na usilitibie litakuumbua. Litavunda na kutoa harufu mbaya. Harufu hiso furahisha, harufu ino kera na mwishowe kiungo beba donda kitaoza. Ogopa mana lakuvunda halina ubani.

Mie mtu shamba nimefundishwa haya, siwezi inua mkono kuwaonyesha kidole changu kwa yeyote mchafu mana kwa kufanya hivyo ntarudishwa polini. Mie mtekelezaji na wala sio muamuzi. Hata kama nikimuona yule kati yetu ameshika kinyesi sintoweza mwambia chochote nitamchekea tu ingawa mie pia nakereka na harufu ya kinyesi chake.

Donda halifugwi, Chambuka Chanika Maimuna, donda halifugwi!

Sheria Ngowi is an Exciting Tanzanian`s Young Designer to Watch … Or Just Look at.

It’s a bit of a find when you come across a designer with a fresh yet wearable take on men’s clothing. So, we got a little excited about this sneak peak at Tanzanian fashion designer Sheria Ngowi’s Spring 2011 menswear line. The combination of swagger (Two-tone jackets!) and old-school geek chic (Bow ties!) in his designs really grabbed our attention. Or was it the models?
No matter, because Ngowi is one of the models. Yep, that’s him in the middle below. Plenty of female designers start out in the industry as models, but male fashion designers with the good looks and physique to be the face of their own brand are far rarer creatures.

Ngowi’s first collection came out in 2008 under the name Sheria Na Mavazi in Mysore, India. And, though he is currently focusing on menswear, there was originally a women’s line as well. He has said he wants to give his full attention to one gender at a time, but that he would like to return to clothes for women in the future. His first official collection came out in 2009 under his own name. The debut was dedicated to his late father, who Ngowi says had a great sense of style.

Ngowi likes to juxtapose bold colors and flashy fabrics with precise tailoring and old-fashioned details. He really knows how to work with red plaid and sharkskin so that the finished piece looks vintage instead of tacky.
His new lookbook reveals that he has refined his methods even more, with form fitting double breasted jackets that are restrained without being dull. Very cool.
Ngowi currently creates made-to-order suits in Bangalore, India, where he attended college. He ships worldwide from his home studio. But he and his designs will soon be found
in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. He is returning home to open his own flagship store in 2011. Check out his blog here.

Wivu wa chuki!

Jazba hainisaidii duniani. Wivu wa chuki ni aghali maishani. Nikahitaji nini kushiriki na huyu katika kufanikisha maisha huru ya watu wengi? Nijikombe vipi kwa ng’ombe anipaye kwato ninyonye damu? Nitaruka vipi na mbayuwayu wenzangu hili khali nimenyonyolewa mbawa na manyoya yote lowana? Dunia haiishi maajabu. Maisha ni changamoto, changamoto ngumu na zenye kubadilika kila sekunde. Maisha ni mchezo wa mapambano, cheza vizuri, cheza sana kwa bidii yako yote lakini tambua leo utashinda kesho utashindwa. Usikate tamaa na wala usijitenge na timu yako nzuri yenye ubunifu ukadhani kwamba kuna timu ishindayo siku zote, hakuna.

Adui wapo na rafiki pia. Nani rafiki yako mkuu? Mtu fikirika matendo yangu ni fumbo, rafiki yangu mkuu ni mimi mwenyewe. Kushiriki au kutoshiriki kitu na yule au wale si kitu katika kukamilisha karama na kalamu yangu. Kama hawa hawataki kuwa nami basi wale watakuwa nami na ni wazi siwezi ishi pasipo wewe au wao, adui au rafiki. Nikiwa peke natembea nafurahi sana kwani mimi katika mimi ni kiumbe kamilifu. Nikiwa nanyi sintokuwa mjuaji katika ninyi kwani mimi katika ninyi nina mapungufu mengi.

Umoja ujenga imara ya kitu na utengano udhoofisha juhudi ya jumuia ya watu na kuleta kitu dhaifu. Umoja wangu na wanyonyaji hauna tija zaidi ya kunyonya wengine zaidi na kunyonywa mie nikadhoofu. Umoja wangu na wanye haki ni heri na fanaka ya maisha yangu na wengine wengi. Kwa hilo sintoenda katika shauri la wasio haki. Nitashiriki vipi na rafiki niishie nae chumba kimoja ili hali ana kula pamoja na wasio haki? Mie mtu wa haki, naogopa shiriki na yule hasiye haki kwani wengi huwa na jazba katika kuongelea haki na kushikiria imani isiyo nyonyaji.

NIMECHAFUKA….

Kovu likune kwa tahadhari. Nikawe wa ajabu vipi kukuna kovu kwa kutumia tupa? Nini nataraji kiumbe mie katika kovu hilo? Ndio kidonda kilinitesa na kunikosesha raha, kiliniletea hasira wakati mwingine, kilivunda na kunuka, kiliwaita nzi karibu nami, ila kimepona na leo naonesha jeuri ya kukuna kovu lake kwa kutumia tupa. Kwa kidonda hiki naweza sema nilikula ndizi na maganda nikaokota mwenyewe. Nakumbuka na kusahau mateso ya kidonda hiki. Sijui nimetoa wapi jeuri ya kukuna kovu hili tena kwa kutumia chuma.
Nilijiamini mimi ndiye kiumbe mwenye afya na nguvu ya upinzani mwilini, mwili wangu nadhalia haukuingia gonjwa na wala uchafu, nilikuwa safi nilo safishwa na kusafishika. Kila damu na radha yake, si wote watamanio kuniona mie msafi na ndivyo hivyo nilipata donda, lilinikasirisha nikakasirika. Ni pigo nilolipata toka kwa kundi la watu wachafu, watu walio adui wa afya yangu ya akili na mwili, mie ni mpinzani wa kweli kwao, walinitambua kuwa kila unywele kichwani mwangu umejaa upinzani kwa kila watendalo watendalo. Niliwafumbia macho na kuwazibia pua ili nisione uchafu wao na wala nusa harufu mbaya toka kwao, nilijidhatiti kwa yote ili nibaki msafi takasika.

Naishangaa nafsi yangu kwamba nakula sahani moja na hawa wachafu leo. Natumia kijiko kimoja nao bila kuambia kimeoshwa kwa maji gani. Twaletewa mbege katika kikale na mie natumbukiza mrija wangu kunyonya utamu pasi kuwa na wazo la usafi ndani yangu. Je! Nini kimenisibu na kupofushwa na watu hawa? Makovu ya watu wangu nayakuna kwa tupa katika kundi la watu hawa wachafu wa nafsi na miili. Vidonda vya watu wangu vikirudi nani atavipatia pulizo vitulie?

Umoja ni nguvu na utengano ni udhaifu. Ilo safi haina umoja na ilo chafu. Na kama umoja huo utakuwepo basi safi nayo itakuwa chafu. Nimechafuka pasi kujitambua.

trip to zanzBar

afrotanza nikiwaeleza friends kuhusu afrotanza sauti huru! na harakati za ukombzi wa vijana wakati huu wa uchaguzi. Viongozi wasitufanye sisi mtaji wao.



kama kawaida uploading ni kitu muhimu kwa mwana blog.



after enjoying ma trip at zamani kempinski, sasa naludi Jijin Dar.

Having Good time!

Hapa mdau ndani ya zamani Kempinski Zanz bar!