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My Exclusive Interview With A Nigerian Reggae Musician Of The 80s And Peace Promoter · The Global Peace Movement

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  Speaker 1: It's my pleasure once more to be with you here
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  Speaker 1: on the Global Peace Movement podcast. I have a great
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  Speaker 1: talent from Nigeria that I would like to interview concerning
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  Speaker 1: his career. Then after that, we move into the proper thing,
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  Speaker 1: that is the peace talk. Sir, please, can you tell
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  Speaker 1: our listeners from all over the world your name and
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  Speaker 1: what you do for a living?
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  Speaker 2: Thank you very much. I thank you. My name is Dr.
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  Speaker 3: Chukuneke Oso Awoba Samuel Osigwe, known as Dr.
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  Speaker 2: Obodoshiwe Minri.
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  Speaker 3: So I'm from Umunjo, Nurete Autonomous Community, in the very west,
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  Speaker 3: remote states, Nigeria.
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  Speaker 4: That's very lovely. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I can see what you're holding. Can you really
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  Speaker 1: tell us why you're holding the guitar? Because we need
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  Speaker 1: to know why you're holding it.
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  Speaker 2: My brother, your question is very, very fine. It has
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  Speaker 2: taken a long time, I, as a.
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  Speaker 3: Reggae musician, since 1980, when I started to be a
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  Speaker 3: reggae musician. So the only thing is that I don't
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  Speaker 3: have sponsor, but I played three albums on my own,
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  Speaker 3: as I sponsored myself, By that time, I was answering.
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  Speaker 2: The reggae key holder, and I'm a PMAN member fully.
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  Speaker 2: So by the time we.
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  Speaker 3: Went to Cotonou, Togo, Malabo, Ivory Coast, and Ghana in 1983,
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  Speaker 3: as an upcoming musician. So when Onyekonwene and the Kristian
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  Speaker 3: Essen and others then lead us that area, when I
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  Speaker 3: come back, I recorded one of my album, I call
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  Speaker 3: Keima Keima. So that is how I started music. My
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  Speaker 3: problem is there is no sponsor. That is why I
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  Speaker 3: never go all over the world.
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  Speaker 2: But today I am promising my people.
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  Speaker 3: That by the grace of God, I will pick up again.
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  Speaker 2: To show up my talent fully.
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  Speaker 4: OK. That's very wonderful, Doc.
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  Speaker 1: This is the kind of thing we really expect from
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  Speaker 1: Nigerians and from other people from all over the world,
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  Speaker 1: showcasing your talent.
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  Speaker 4: Can you just play that guitar a little bit? Let's listen.
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  Speaker 2: Well, no matter how it is, but I will try.
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  Speaker 4: OK. You can go ahead.
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  Speaker 2: That's very lovely.
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  Speaker 4: That's very lovely. That's very lovely.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you can really testify that this man has really,
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  Speaker 1: really gone a long way in his career. Then that
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  Speaker 1: brings me to the main topic of what we are
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  Speaker 1: here for. As a musician, what role have you really
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  Speaker 1: played towards the promotion of peace in your country?
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  Speaker 4: Can you tell us?
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  Speaker 3: Well, as a musician, when you look, we sing philosophy music.
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  Speaker 3: We used to sing philosophy music to tell the nation
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  Speaker 3: not to fight, so that everybody will be in peace.
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  Speaker 3: That is our movement in music career. So when you
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  Speaker 3: look at our message, like Eras Kimono, Mandatos, Majek Fashek,
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  Speaker 3: Orisu Wiliki, we play what we call.
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  Speaker 2: Peaceful music. We used to tell the government.
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  Speaker 3: The areas that they are mistaking. That the citizens are
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  Speaker 3: not getting anything from the federal government. And the way
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  Speaker 3: you see, like Nepal, there was a time there was
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  Speaker 3: no water, so we take it and sing music, and
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  Speaker 3: telling the country or our government to change. So we
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  Speaker 3: are always, we musicians, we are always keeping peace, telling
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  Speaker 3: people to be peace in their Ramadan. So I am very,
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  Speaker 3: very happy today so that my people who think that
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  Speaker 3: I have stopped music to see me in the global,
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  Speaker 3: all over the world.
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  Speaker 2: Because I have brothers, sisters, Canada, America, and others. Thank
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  Speaker 2: you very much.
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  Speaker 4: Wow, that's very lovely.
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  Speaker 1: It really interests me that as a musician, we are
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  Speaker 1: into great peace promotion. And this is what I believe
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  Speaker 1: other musicians preach around the world with their music.
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  Speaker 4: And we really appreciate this.
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  Speaker 1: And we believe that more people in the music industry
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  Speaker 1: will come out to join us in the promotion of
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  Speaker 1: global peace around the world. Because we know that this
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  Speaker 1: peace is something that will benefit everybody. And all these musicians,
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  Speaker 1: I believe that they have a lot of things to
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  Speaker 1: really do in order to let the government understand the
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  Speaker 1: need for.
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  Speaker 4: This piece to be actualized.
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  Speaker 1: I really appreciate you and I believe that you have
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  Speaker 1: more to offer to the world with your music in
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  Speaker 1: terms of piece promotion. Let us continue to promote peace.
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  Speaker 1: Let us continue to make things happen in the area
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  Speaker 1: of peace because peace is the key to a very
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  Speaker 1: successful world. Whether you're a musician or you're into any
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  Speaker 1: other thing, peace is very important. Please, can you tell
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  Speaker 1: our listeners the last thing, maybe the last message or
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  Speaker 1: the last advice our listeners from all over the world,
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  Speaker 1: any advice for them in terms of the promotion of peace?
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  Speaker 2: Well, my advice.
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  Speaker 3: to my people and people over the world.
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  Speaker 2: Patience is the greatest thing in the whole world.
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  Speaker 3: If you have patience in whatever you are doing, one
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  Speaker 3: day your talent will shine, your good luck will come.
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  Speaker 3: So I'm advising my people, my friends, my brothers and sisters,
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  Speaker 3: wherever you are, exercise patience.
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  Speaker 2: And make peace.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, that's the most important. Exercise patience and make peace. Well,
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  Speaker 1: that's how we're going to end it for today. It's
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  Speaker 1: a great pleasure having you.
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  Speaker 4: What's the name again?
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  Speaker 2: My name is Dr.
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  Speaker 3: Chukuneke Oso Awoba Samuel Osigwe from Umunjo Irete Autonomous Community.
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  Speaker 4: In Nemo state of Nigeria.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, Nemo state of Nigeria.
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  Speaker 5: Wow.
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  Speaker 4: Once more, you're welcome to our podcast, Doc.
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  Speaker 1: And we hope to see you next time so that
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  Speaker 1: our listeners will really have time to listen more of this. Please,
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  Speaker 1: can you play that music for them again? Just play
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  Speaker 1: another one for them. Just let's use it to round
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  Speaker 1: up the show.
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  Speaker 2: It doesn't matter.
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  Speaker 4: It doesn't matter. You still have the talent. I love it.
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  Speaker 1: I am a freedom fighter. I am a freedom fighter.
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  Speaker 2: I am a freedom fighter.
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  Speaker 5: I was born to be a freedom fighter. I am
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  Speaker 5: a free born of pride. I am a free born
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  Speaker 5: of pride. So I am a freedom fighter. I want to.