The National Director of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights), Dzikamai Richard Bere, has said Jah Prayzah’s song “Walletically” promotes the “Mbinga” culture and endorses a culture of impunity.
Mbinga is Zimbabwean slang meaning a rich young person living a lavish life, driving expensive and fast cars.
The song (Walletically) has divided opinion among Zimbabweans, especially after the release of the video of the song over the Christmas period.A lot of young people are struggling to make ends meet due to high levels of unemployment, ending up resorting to drug abuse and crime.
The mbinga culture has emerged, the worshipping of a few filthy rich elites, usually linked to the ruling party with access to the feeding trough.
This culture is usually associated with showing off what are usually the proceeds of corruption. Those withThe National Director of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights), Dzikamai Richard Bere, has said Jah Prayzah’s song “Walletically” promotes the “Mbinga” culture and endorses a culture of impunity.
While some commentators have argued that artists should not be gagged, but rather be allowed to be creative, others have said “Walletically” embraced soft porn and commodified women.
Posting on Facebook, Bere argued that “the actual tragedy of the song Walletically is this – the seduction targeted at young people to the mbinga worship of ill-gotten wealth and promise of impunity for the atrocities committed – havatye kuchachura poto.” Wrote Bere:
