I have always believed that ones gifts/ passion will make a way for one whether dead or alive.
People especially close allies will always ask you, ‘all these efforts you are putting, how much have you received?’
Some wives, family members and friends have given up on people just because they thought he/she is wasting time with today’s efforts but what about what the Bible says in, ‘whatever your hand finds doing, do it well’, an assertion that has held good thinkers and doers to go on in life no matter the rejections.
What was the Legendary ‘akukø na egwu’ maestro, Chief Micheal Ejeagha, the nonagenarian who sang ‘Ka Esi Le Onye Isi Oche’, thinking about 41 years ago when he came out with that song? He was just singing and adding perfection to entertainment, hmm?
Those that were around since then have said that the tune made their days during childhood as they listened and yearned for more.
Ejeagha has many songs laced with the escapades of animated characters like the tortoise and the pictures one builds while listening to them relaxes ones frayed nerves and mood.
The songs are calm and soothing more than what wine and wild aestacy can give.
To bless and put his fading efforts and name to light again popular skit maker by the stage name, Brain jotter and real name Chukwuebuka Amuzie sounded and danced to the refrain of the song in a comedic form that showed him stamping his legs on the ground to the vibe of ‘gwo gwo gwo ngwo’.
He whined his waist also where in the song, Ejeagha rebuked a female character for rejecting various male suitors.
The skit maker as he dances was mimicked by another dancer who was walking in opposite direction and he (Brain jotter) turned at noticing his dance was being mimicked ran after the ‘impostor’.
Now the skit maker’s display is being repeated in different forms and styles and is going viral all around the World.
Sure Brai in millions in monetary attributes for this ingenuity and at the same time other skit makers are pulling off crumbs from repeating his display. It is the rave of the moment.
It has even gone into worship centres where some choristers mimic the feet thudding style and waste whining.
‘Ka esi le onye isi oche,’ is a song on Ejeagha’s ‘Akuko Na Egwu’ Original Vol. 1, a music album released in 1983.
Brain jotter as a way of solidarity has visited Chief Ejeagha with monetary gifts; a visit that saw the great man melting down in tears just in appreciation and in rememberance of those days he was younger and ‘just’ was doing what he wished he could do better.
Whatever (good) you find yourself doing today at work places, instituctions of learning, trade, pursuit of passion do it dutifully well for posterity will never forget you.
Chris C. Chikelue
Awka (July 26, 2024)