The Sunday News
Bhekumuzi Ncube, Sunday Life Reporter
WITH several hit tracks and celebrity duets, tireless performer Ammara Brown finally launched her much hyped debut album Ammartia at The Venue in Harare last week.
The album consists of 14 tracks including an intro and outro which mainly tackled real life experiences, analysis of human life, the beauty and dark side of love, celebrations, grieving and self-actualisation.
Although the album bares all, Ammara has a strong message of love and the plight of women in Africa where patriarchal tendencies are very much an issue. Track four of the album, Mukoko with Tytan is a flirtatious song which is already a hit across the country.
In the song, Ammara and Tytan advise men to treat women like queens. Tytan sings “Angisoze ngikuphathe njengesikorobho” which means “I am not going to treat you like a mop”. These lyrics suggest that African women are treated like slaves and housewives only responsible for doing household duties and satisfying men’s sexual desires.
Ammara is against that kind of women suffrage as she compares women to “a treasure” in the song. Hence, Ammara compares a woman to a treasure in quest to make men understand that women are very important and beautiful human beings who need to be treated like princesses.
Wachu Want featuring her beloved sister, Chengeto is another love song which has become familiar with many people in urban centres. In the song, Ammara urges men not to cheat on women, but advises them to be committed to their partners.
Ladies have already fallen in love with the song judging by the way they react whenever the two sisters perform the track. Despite the liveliness of the two sisters when they perform the song, it is the strong message which the song holds that makes women dance to it.
Ammara sings “When you hold her in the night, are you busy setting sights on me, when you hold her in the night, are you thinking of your time with me”.
The lyrics talk about a man who shares an intimate night with his lover, but shamefully thinks about another woman on that same night.
Hence, she continues to sing “Cause I’m no one-time lover, soon you’ll discover. Make up your, make up your mind” pushing men to choose the person they love the most and commit rather than break many women’s hearts.
Ammara said there was no dedication song for his late father, Andy Brown in the album.
“Fans can expect tracks about my beloved father in my next album titled Andy Brown Forever. People will be notified about it in the future,” she said. — @NcubeBhekumuzi
