Sorry, but as you can notice some people append the title "The Great" to the late Kanumba's name when addressing him. I realize it stems from the influence of his blog where he called himself thus for his commercial maneuver. (
Kanumba The Great)
Indeed his social fame cannot be undermined and his contribution to different fields of his interest is indisputable but as far as I am concerned it is very unfortunate that his life style and the affairs surrounding his death impart a significant blind spot to his profile.
- How does somebody who kills himself while fighting for a mere harlot merit being called "The Great" soon after his death?
- Was Lulu REALLY worth fighting for?
- Does his sexual morality add anything to his greatness?
- Should the youth tomorrow copy his life style to become "great" too?
Otherwise how does one merit this title "the Great"?
First off, mie si fan wa Kanumba, sijaona filamu yake hata moja na kuna mengi tu ambayo sikupenda katika maisha yake.
Lakini.
Kwanza jaribu kutafuta jibu la "The Great" to who? Society is not monolithic. Kwa vijana wa Tanzania walio na aspirations za kuitoa kwenye movie "industry" ya bongo Kanumba anaweza kuwa "The Great".
Wakati kuna watu wanaweza kukubishia hata leo, hata baada ya kuchukua karibu ulimwengu mzima uliojulikana siku zake, watakwambia hata Iskander mwenyewe hakuwa "The Great".
Kwa hiyo kama huna SI Unit ya kupimia greatness, yeyote anaweza kuwa "The Great" kwa definition fulani.
Jimi Hendrix alikuwa anahojiwa na mtangazaji wa TV Uingereza, akaulizwa wewe ni mmoja kati ya wapiga gita mahiri kabisa duniani, akajishusha na kusema "certainly in this room", akajishusha zaidi "definitely on this chair" (alikuwa amekaa mwenyewe kitini. Kwa hiyo ukisema "The Great" tu bila kufafanua unaongelea kitu gani na unatumia criteria gani na margin of error yako ni ipi unakuwa unatwanga maji kwenye kinu.
Maswali yako.
1. Una hakika kajiua? Una hakika alikuwa anamgombea mwanamke? Una hakika huyo mwanamke ni "harlot"?
2.Kabla hujajibu 1, huwezi kuuliza 2. Worth fighting for katika context gani? Kuna wengine wanaamini yoyote uliye naye is worth fighting for, na kama wewe huwezi kumpigania uliye naye, humthamini. Na kama humthamini uliyenaye, hujithamini mwenyewe.
3. What is sexual morality? What is morality? What yardstick are you using to judge him? Did the two of you agree on this yardstick?
4. Did he ask to be a role model? Why should the youth want to copy him of all people?
Nini kinakupa authority ya kum judge mtu mwingine?