Photo : Lunga Libambo
When I read
through the answers for the interviews, it is very hard to keep my own self
attached to my own thoughts as the subconscious minds involuntary records
everything. The is a lot of similarities that I have found that we share with
all the interviewees hence making that diversity to be poles apart or not the
same yet the common goal is always to find a way to be happy, peaceful and at
liberty with ourselves and others through our devotion to our work and the
intended end results.
Meet Lunga
Nelson Libambo, a poet called “Affinnitty”.
He was born and raised in the city of coal (Emalahleni). Reveals that the best place to recite his work is in
front of intimate groups like a cypher yet without the noise; this is true and
identical to the definition of his stage name Affinnitty, which was taken from
the English word “Affinity” which is defined as “a feeling of closeness and understanding that someone has for another
person because of their similar qualities, ideas or interests” and this
relates to his stage names as he said “
I relate to this definition , cause when I am most vulnerable when I am
reciting or writing and the aim is to bring “my people” together or closer to
me”.
An introvert, or rather a perfect
definition of an introvert who believes that keeping things to himself is both
a curse and best quality; Nevertheless, when it comes to his style of poetry
which is emotional and mostly depressing with intentions to play with the strings
of the heart then making you feel something thus touching a very intimate place
in you moreover giving you a clear understanding of what the character is
facing in that occurrence. The whole premise of this experience is to make you
understand the character for the reason that you can easily acquaint and engage
furthermore understanding the person.
“We live in a very disconnected era and understanding between
people is lacking. I guess teaching people to understand each other are the
effects that I want my poems to have on people”. _Affinnitty
“Inspiration comes from any and everything I come across;
literally….” _Affinnitty
“First of all the world is bigger that our hometown. I mean
being proud about where you come from can be pushed only so far till people
notice that your hometown isn’t proud of you. Get your art out of the coal…but
don’t forget it”_Affinnitty
“Poetry in the simplest terms is a dance of words... Like
everything I listen to or watch someone recite I feel the words dance around me
and paint pictures in my head that I could never imagine”_Affinnitty
The whole
process is very important to him as it usually takes time to finish a piece
besides that mood is constantly changing thus making it hard to be in the same
mood which you started your work so tapping into that state needed to finish
that poem is always the important factor for him . You can barely see any restriction in his work as he puts it “No lover of art is unwilling to learn, as
far as I know”; the perfect place for his work would be personal playlists as far as his target
market goes for his work.
The
ultimate five year plan for his work is to have an opportunity to go places
with this art; hopefully, living the mental prison of job and live through art,
You can catch him on the 5OK project
which is an ongoing project starting on the 4th of November 2017 at Blue Room at 2pm until 5pm,
an initiative by Generational Galaxy. You can also follow his work on his page on Facebook called Affinnitty.
I could not
live this out and it had to be on this article, Lunga Libambo told me that his
current project is working on his life, poetry being the biggest part of it yet
the is a lot of personal things that he is trying to get right before he goes
back to performing, he said and I quote “Right
now, I am the only obstacle between me and the people I want to reach”.
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