Song Ban: Creative Hindrance Or Progress?

With the ban of songs like Baby Konga (Konga), Enter The Place (Tuface Idibia), Dance For Me (Duncan Mighty), Suddenly (Dbanj), I Want To Be Close To You (Dbanj), Na Bania (Flavours), Rigrigi (Flavours), Maga Don Pay (Kelly Handsome) and Shayo (Bigiano) from the Nigerian airwaves and TV stations, the debate presently going on in Nigerian music circles – how far do you go before you cross the line between killing creative geniuses and ideas and repressing negative music content? Clearly some of the songs and videos in question do have negative connotations and should be censored. But on the other hand, some of the songs and videos are extremely creative and have absolutely no reason to be banned. The consensus is that the few lyrical geniuses we have around should not be hounded out by some kind of witch hunting. They should be allowed some space to breathe, thrive and grow.

Better still, NBC should come out with a clear and objective blue print of what amounts to negative content and what does not.