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SUFFIX’S RESPONSE ON THE NEGATIVE STEREOTYPES ABOUT MALAWI

From his latest album titled “Before I Sleep,” Suffix also came up with a song “Kwathu” together with Zyuga to act against people who describes Malawi with negative stereotypes to say it is a jungle and a country famous of witchcraft on behalf of the Malawians as a response that Malawi has beautiful places like Majete Game Reserve and Lake Malawi, and that we (Malawians) cannot copy foreign cultures and practices. This is evidenced in the lines “Ena amati Malawi n’kutchire, timangotchuka ndi zaufiti, tizakuviikani nazo mu Shire, tikuuzeni chenicheni n’chiti, muzabwele, muzapite ku Majete, ndizakutengeleninso ku lake Malawi, n’nagwa nawe m’chikonde, eko mphete. Makope adadula ndiye sitingakopele za kunja. Zikhalidwe zomanyozesa asungwana athuwa. Zomawasala osauka ukaiphula.”

 
The artist further advocate that we (Malawians) have to be proud of our own cultures and other special things that God gave us in our country when he said, “Zitamatele bwezi nzikoma, kuvina magule ndi ng’oma, malipenga, tchopa, ingoma, kaya m’buso, kaya n’dyomba. Mesa kwathu nkokuno, anatipasa zathu kuposa kwina. Kodi sim’dziwa sim’dziwa?  Anatipasa zathu zoposa kwina.”
The use of the lines, “Sitizazimabe, Malawi anayaka moto, tili mu n’dima eeh n’chifukwa timayaka moto. Moto buu moto buu. Kumwela, pakati, kumpoto buu,” is a response to those who says Malawi is still in the dark to say that we (Malawans) shall still shine forever despite the negative remarks.

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