THE CHILDREN, we all have a song!
If they had danced before the blind, sang before the deaf or talked to the dumb, I am sure one of them would personally have had a bigger story to tell. Well, like someone once said, those who love music will always find a song to sing, or something to sing about. Hugging, watching and listening to the Watoto sing this week provoked many thoughts in my mind, but one that has kept on is the one you find here. They came; they narrated, danced and sang their hearts out. Surprisingly, like any other concert, these children’s musical starts as an excitement. It falls with a boom of the African traditional drum beat. It then meanders its way out like a river seeking its way into an ocean. And as the rhythm rises, it mounts itself on the tone of its own narrative. But it reaches a moment in time when it stops being a concert and for a life-time your heart will sing of something bigger, and perhaps forever...the King they sing about! And yes, it is the reason they sing and dance, the rea