Abahanzi bo
muri Nigeria, Tems na Burna Boy, bakomeje kwandika amateka mashya mu muziki wa
Afurika nyuma yo kuba abahanzi b’Abanyafurika bafite umubare munini w’indirimbo
zinjiye mu rutonde rwa Billboard Hot 100.
Billboard
Hot 100 ni urutonde rukorwa buri cyumweru muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika,
rugahuza imibare y’indirimbo zumvishwe cyane kuri radiyo, ziguzwe ku mbuga
zitandukanye ndetse n’izumvishwe ku mbuga nka Spotify na Apple Music. Kwinjira
kuri uru rutonde ni ikimenyetso gikomeye cy’uko umuhanzi ageze ku rwego
mpuzamahanga.
Tems,
amazina ye nyakuri akaba Temilade Openiyi, yatangiye kwamamara ku rwego
mpuzamahanga nyuma yo kugaragara mu ndirimbo “Essence” yakoranye na Wizkid,
indirimbo yaciye agahigo ikinjira ku rutonde rwa Billboard Hot 100. Nyuma yaho,
yakomeje kwigaragaza mu ndirimbo zikomeye zirimo “Wait For U” yakoranye na
Future na Drake, yageze no ku mwanya wa mbere kuri uru rutonde.
Uyu
muhanzikazi azwiho ijwi ryihariye n’uburyo aririmba mu njyana ya Afrobeats
ivanze na R&B, ibintu byatumye akundwa n’abatari bake ku isi yose. Kwinjira
kenshi kuri Billboard Hot 100 byatumye yandika amateka nk’umwe mu bahanzikazi
b’Abanyafurika bageze kure mu muziki mpuzamahanga.
Mu butumwa
yigeze gutanga ku mbuga nkoranyambaga, Tems yavuze ko gutsinda kwe ari intambwe
ikomeye ku muziki wa Afurika muri rusange. Yagize ati: Ibi birenze ubushobozi
bwanjye. Ni iby’Afurika kandi ni ku bw’akazi k’umukobwa wese wifuza kurenga
imbibi.
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Ayo magambo
agaragaza ko intsinzi ye atayifata nk’iy’umuntu ku giti cye gusa, ahubwo
nk’iy’umugabane wose.
Ku ruhande
rwe, Burna Boy na we amaze igihe ari ku isonga mu kuzamura umuziki wa Afurika
ku rwego mpuzamahanga. Yamenyekanye cyane ku ndirimbo nka “Ye”, “On the Low”,
na “Last Last”, zakunzwe cyane ku isi hose.
Burna Boy
azwiho guhuza Afrobeat, Dancehall, Reggae na Hip-hop mu buryo budasanzwe,
bikamuha umwihariko mu muziki. Indirimbo ze nyinshi zinjiye kuri Billboard Hot
100, zimwe zigafata imyanya iri hejuru, bigatuma aba umwe mu bahanzi
b’Abanyafurika bageze kuri uru rwego inshuro nyinshi.
Mu kiganiro
aherutse kugirana n’itangazamakuru mpuzamahanga, Burna Boy yagize ati: Afrobeats
ntikiri umuziki w’aho gusa. Ubu ni uwa buri wese ku isi, kandi turi mu
ntangiriro gusa." Aya magambo agaragaza icyizere afite ku hazaza h’umuziki
wa Afurika.
Kuba Tems na
Burna Boy bafite indirimbo nyinshi zinjiye kuri Billboard Hot 100 si intsinzi
yabo bwite gusa, ahubwo ni ikimenyetso cy’uko umuziki wa Afurika uri gukomera
ku isoko mpuzamahanga.
Mu myaka
yashize, kubona indirimbo y’umuhanzi w’Umunyafurika kuri uru rutonde byari
ibintu bidasanzwe, ariko ubu biragenda biba ibisanzwe.
Abasesenguzi
b’umuziki bavuga ko gukura kw’imbuga za streaming no gukorana n’abahanzi
bakomeye bo muri Amerika n’u Burayi byafashije cyane mu kumenyekanisha
Afrobeats. Ibi kandi byatumye abahanzi bato bato bo muri Afurika bagira
icyizere ko bashobora kugera kure ku rwego mpuzamahanga.
Iyi ntsinzi
itanga icyizere ku rubyiruko rwifuza gukora muzika. Kuba abahanzi bakomoka ku
mugabane wa Afurika bashobora kuyobora ku rutonde rukomeye nka Billboard Hot
100, byerekana ko impano zidafite imbibi.
Tems na
Burna Boy bakomeje kuba urugero rwiza rw’abahanzi bashoboye guhuza umuco wabo
n’isoko mpuzamahanga, bagakora umuziki ugera ku bantu b’ingeri zitandukanye ku
isi.
Mu gihe
umuziki wa Afurika ukomeje gukura no kwaguka, benshi bemeza ko iyi ari
intangiriro y’igihe gishya aho Afrobeats n’izindi njyana zo ku mugabane
zizakomeza kwigarurira imitima y’abakunzi b’umuziki ku isi yose.