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about 1 month ago

"Where do you get this confidence when you were called 'Ibifobagane'?", in his verse on "REKA MBEHO," Bulldogg throws @PaulKagame's own word for Rwandans, the spineless, back in his face. Six of Rwanda's biggest artists @RidermanRiderzo , @junokizigenza, @Ishkevin_, Bulldogg, @AbijuruK (Papa Cyangwe) & The Unit released the song on Sept 14. Within days it was gone from their platforms. Across history, artists have been the ones who name what a people are told to swallow in silence, the singers, poets and rappers who gave revolts against dictatorship their language long before politicians dared to speak. That force is not dead in Rwanda. We should not take for granted that, under one of Africa's most surveilled states, six artists still chose to stand up and say plainly: “Let us live”. Understand what that choice costs them. Not just deleted songs but also their careers, income, sponsorships, and the safety of their families, who become leverage the moment the state decides an artist has "caused trouble." Kizito Mihigo paid the fullest version of that price: his song vanished in 2014, and he never survived the decade that followed. So the question isn't why "REKA MBEHO" disappeared. It's whether we will value the courage while these voices are still here to protect instead of only mourning it, as we always do, once it's too late. To @RidermanRiderzo, @junokizigenza, @Ishkevin_, Bulldogg, @AbijuruK and The Unit, THANK YOU. For your courage, and for saying out loud what many can't. #IndirimboIfiteubutumwa