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You can learn to love sweet, intoxicating mugithi music

 

One of my girlfriends recently called me feeling rather exasperated about her boyfriend. The bone of contention is that he likes to religiously attend mugithi nights and insists that she comes along. Her preferred choice of entertainment is some hip joint where she can dance to the latest tunes from Harmonise and Davido and so she basically finds this whole mugithi thing of Man Njoro, Man Symo performances annoying.

Her boyfriend has let her know that boycotting mugithi is akin to ending the relationship so was asking me if I canprovide a way out for her. Mugithi music is an acquired taste - but once the taste is acquired it can be quite sweet, intoxicatingand addictive. So here are a few tips for those who find themselves learning to lovemugithi.

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