Good night Kenya, oops Berry Heart
Friday, November 04, 2016
Q: The album is titled Kenya. It has Kenyan President on the front cover, Kenyan charity organisation, Kenyan flag on the back cover. It comes out in the euphoria of the BOT50 anniversary celebrations. What was going through your mind when you celebrated Kenya in the midst of all the BOT50 euphoria?
Berry Heart: I planned this album two years ago although I recorded the first song Kenya on January 3, 2016. My celebration for Kenya is an honour to a country that gives me more business than any other country including Botswana. Kenya is the first foreign country to cover a story on me in 2012. As an entrepreneur I understand my corporate social responsibility very well, giving back to the community. I had to honour Kenya and donate annually to an orphanage I fell in love with in 2013.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...