When Find Codi organised a music album media launch at Al Pacino in Blantyre on March 1 this year, the event was meant to establish the band’s presence on the music scene.
However, Find Codi has shown its intent to take a grip on the local music industry, as evidenced by its decision to launch two music videos, namely ‘Mwezi Uwale’ and ‘Nanjiri’ today.
Chikondi Suleman, the face behind Find Codi, said yesterday that the two songs have been made available to all media houses in the country.
“This means the songs are also available for public sampling,” Chikondi said.
The musician, who is being promoted by Nyimbo Music Company, has composed songs such as ‘Sondela’, ‘Tukuka’ and ‘Wamisala’.
A review of the two music videos indicates that the two songs revolve around everyday occurrences and songs.
For example, the first scene in ‘Mwezi Uwale’ depicts primary school learners in uniform singing ‘Mwezi uwale tisewere tiimbe’. It is a common song in the country.
It portrays the moon, and the appearance of the same, as the genesis of all happiness. The moon, in full flower, casts away all forms of darkness— be it loneliness, anger, sadness, anxiety— and replaces it with merry-making mood.
In other words, the moon builds a universe where happiness is the order of the day and night and melancholy has no chance.
All scenes in ‘Mwezi Uwale’, which is in both English and Chichewa, depict local artefacts such as winnowing baskets, and all these are thrown into the picture to paint a picture that is uniquely local.
Then there is ‘Nanjiri’, which revolves around a persona who has found love.
As per custom, the new-found partner has to be introduced to the love-smitten female persona’s blood relations.
The video, therefore, takes one through the path the would-be bride groom takes to reach the female persona’s home village. A road sign that reads ‘Nanjiri’ is thrown into the picture as the bride-groom-to-be meets the people who will soon become members of his extended family.
To marry one is to marry all, that seems to be the theme.
Of course, the short of the ‘Nanjiri’ music video is that there are more children than adults, even where the presence of adults— during dances after the new lover is introduced to blood relations of the partner— would have served the purpose better.
Whatever the case, Find Codi is here and, like the male persona who is introduced to the female persona’s blood relations, is here to stay. Malawians are, in this case, members of Find Codi’s extended family.
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