Winky D refused to perform Ibotso in Bulawayo after fans were calling for him to play the song. Winky mentioned that he was warned not to play the song.
Winky D addressed the political issue and said they should let the music flow like water, I don’t do politics and they should respect my lyrics. Winky said these remarks before playing the song Party where he says I don’t do politics but I will never get out of the party.
On 4 March 2023, during a concert in the city of Chitungwiza, police removed Winky D from the stage. He had just sung his latest hit, Ibotso, from his 12th album, Eureka Eureka. Videos shared online capture him being manhandled as he walks from the stage.
The lyrics he was singing include the line: ”ini ndiri Mumbai chete handina pfumo handina bakatwa. (I am just a singer, I do not have a spear or a sword.)
Musicians in Zimbabwe have to be cautious when it comes to lyrics that express anti-establishment views. Yet even so, in Ibotso the artist addresses the decay and economic inequality of a country where a political elite thrives by suppressing the working class.
Norton Legislature Themba Mliswa had this to say :
At some point, we have to be frank with each other that this is shameful and speaks of leaders who have gone off the rails! This is supposed to be an independent Zimbabwe decades after Rhodesia and censorship. Now you are afraid of artists who sing about what is happening?
We have fathers, mothers, and relatives who fought& died for this country to be free from such crass actions. We have relatives that are handicapped and suffered so that such things as banning songs could be stopped. 43 years later we have a black Gvt censoring black artists,
Source: ZimCelebs
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