Using words as musical instruments.

                 HOW CAN LOVE BE RECKLESS? She heard the sound "Knock knock"...she froze, took a minute... "who is at the door?" A yelling that betrays the mixture of anticipation and this fearfull courage now all up in her face, nothing, no response but this particularly loud silence that feels like a blanket covering the entire room. Determined to stay calm, Debby took to her phone seeking to retry the failed attempts at self-distraction. It came the second time, the third time and went on for hours. The sound was now clearly defined, not at the door to the room but from the fragile organ which is now beating twice as fast. Boom! she wakes up, there is music coming from the neighbour's truck park'd outside:  "there's no shadow you won't light up, mountain you won't climb up coming after me there's no wall you won't kick down, lie you won't tear down coming after me" Feeling relieved she listened again as the s...

Kanuri music has for centuries contained and conveyed a deep desire for love that keeps sharing. The dance steps are very interesting especially when our adorable women and men collective put the color of love on display. While on stage or any venue of performance, Kanuri ladies maintain an appealing smile and so also the men. We are never in a hurry while dancing because we take majestic steps that signify royalty. The adorable beauty is identified with different colours of dresses like ‘Gida wanga show’ and ‘Fuskar Kura’ among others which consistently evolve because the culture of contemporary dance is not for any particular tribe rather it cuts across all tribes, Bonsuwe (for Babur/Bura), Koroso (from Kano), Tangarno (Fulani dance) and so many other types of dance patterns. When a collection of troupe do the very technical Shuwa dance steps with their eloquent play of good music, the Shuwa musical instruments just take over the entire atmosphere and it changes eve...