Bobi Wine’s songs display a blend of music, politics

Music makes us beg! You may dislike begging, but when your favourite song comes to play, you will have to do it. Wait for the tune, which soothes your mind and makes you to feel as though you were riding on a cloud, intimately clutched onto it high up in the sky. Bobi Wine’s pond skater move to a political personage hinges on his musical muscle with seismic influence over his fans to render them infinitely more responsive to his persuasions.

Take the aftermath of his arrest that sparked off sporadic protests that grabbed headlines round the global. Hashtagged ‘FreeBobiWine’, it started with more comments than likes and more shares than comments on social media. Etched with hysterics, the youth and other pro-Bobi Wine supporters played his songs back to back in the capital and other towns to prove their support.

The musician-turned-politician uses his vocal agility to communicate his views. He has specially inclined to a projection of people’s wish to have power themselves in an enviably ringing catchphrase ‘People Power’ fine-tuned with ‘Our Power’, a tactical drive which thoroughly satisfies his world of freedom given a political change.
Heralded by his music fame, which drew euphoric spasms of ululation at by-election rallies that gave victory to the candidates he backed, seeks to change the current trend of politics in Uganda.