Legendary Fuji musician Pasuma Wonder released the chart-topping album Americana in the first few months of 2000.
Americana was that record that practically everyone in the Fuji community can’t resist when the sound begs them to dance, for those who aren’t so familiar with Fuji music.
The album, which Pasuma released during his US tour, was quite engrossing, but not for the reasons that Fuji is typically known for—philosophy or profound lyricism—but rather because of the rhythm, manner of composition, beat, and way it caused you to move, even subconsciously.
Every fan of Fuji music, including those who may not necessarily enjoy Pasuma, can attest that the album was enticing. It is a classic example of entertaining par excellence.
It makes sense why the oganla of Fuji eventually gave himself the moniker “entertainer.”
Many believed that Americana would be Pasuma’s most innovative work of art and project to garner the most critical praise. However, the Kwara-born artist proved many people wrong when he followed up with another smashing hit album titled “Desperado.”
Pasuma sings the following in Desperado (translated from Yoruba):
“If I told you I’m desperate, I’m genuinely desperate to develop and succeed, I’m desperate to tour the world, but I’m not desperate to kill, and I’m not desperate to overthrow; I’m just the desperado enjoying life,” the speaker said.
Pasuma essentially reinvented a well-known subject in “Desperado” in the proper manner.
He helped us realize that depending on your motivation, being desperate can either be a good thing or a bad one. For this reason, he has said that he is desperate to succeed and grow, not desperate to kill.
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has embodied despair in its purest form in Kwara State.
Since Abdulrahman has been in office for 15 months, we have witnessed the governor’s desperation to develop Kwara in all facets of life, with over 150 ongoing road construction and rehabilitation projects, ongoing rehabilitation of schools, and more. While some people might define “desperate” as feeling hopeless that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with, every wise person knows that, beyond hopelessness, “desperate” is having a great need for something to be done.
The governor didn’t just domesticate the federal government’s social investment program; he expanded its scope and institutionalized it through the Kwara State House of Assembly, code named Kwara State Social Investment Programme (KWASSIP), giving 100,000 people what they described as owo isowo(t) (local empowerment, increased economic capacity, and end to destitution that is responsible for creating a place like ile arugbo).
The governor’s desperation didn’t stop at boosting the local economy and regaining his self-respect; it also drove him to envision Kwara on the world map of art and technology, inspiring the creation of numerous projects like the technology hub, virtual art center, and other related initiatives that can boost the state’s capacity for skills and economic growth.
According to Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, Kwara State cannot afford to miss any chance to empower more youngsters via the purchase of modernized facilities and the provision of skills-based capacity development that may propel them to the center of global significance.
All observers of the state of harmony will agree that Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq is driven by a desire for success. As a result of his sheer desperation, he has boosted the status of women, moved young people out of the background and into the center of decision-making, returned local control of government to the community through community-based budgeting, and strengthened civil society for better accountability.
To put it another way, governor Abdulrahman is best described as a desperado. He is really determined to rid Kwara of its dirt, and he is succeeding over time.
Abdulrazaq Hamzat is the Convener of Kwara Must Change