DANCEHALL sensation Lady Squanda yesterday said she was passionate about women and children’s issues following the release of two tracks, Anogara Achindirova and Sorry Mama, which touch on issues of abuse in marriages and the need for children to honour their parents respectively.
BY LORRAINE MUROMO
The musician told NewsDay that she considered herself a voice for women and children through music.
“In many of my songs I talk about the abuse of women because I believe that I am the voice of young women out there,” she said.
“I target everyone because when we talk of women we are talking of our sisters, aunties, mothers and grandmothers. When we talk of women, we are talking of empowerment. I am saying let us do away with women and child abuse.”
An award-winning artiste, she is one of the few women holding their own in the male-dominated Zimdancehall music.
The self-proclaimed Queen of Zimdancehall touches on various issues that affect women, including domestic violence, in the song, Anogara Achindirova.
The song highlights a raft of social ills associated with predominantly patriarchal societies in which women are marginalised and regarded as valueless.
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In the song Sorry Mhamha, the musician apologises to her mother for all of her wrongdoings and commits herself to respect her parents and guardians as failure to do so had far-reaching consequences.
Lady Squanda said it was important for children to respect their parents as that was a sure way of guaranteeing a long life.
