The Village Chronicles

An Appeal to the Soul

2009-07-01T16:07:00.005+03:00

"..and if there come singers and dancers and flute players amongst you, buy of their gifts also. For they too are gatherers of fruit and frankincense, and that which they bring, though fashioned of dreams, is raiment and food for your soul." Khalil Gibran

WILL YOU TALK TO ME?

2009-01-23T22:09:00.013+03:00

"I need to return to that simple point of grace where I'll touch my destiny"

'Will you talk to me?' is the first single off Aaron 'Krucio' Rimbui's 2nd album Alfajiri (Sunrise). Written by Kanjii Mbugua with soulful vocals by Atemi Oyungu and Kanjii, 'Will you talk to me?' captures the uncertainty that often engulfs the human spirit.

Life can be a journey of confusion where present circumstances weigh us down and keep us from realizing our inherent greatness. With ravenous hearts we reach out into a graceless world and find in it a reflection of the shame and disgrace within us.

These heart- felt lyrics echo the unspoken whispers of our souls; the secret desire for validation and the unquenchable longing to live for something greater than the present.

JUST A MAN

2008-09-10T15:26:00.001+03:00

“In every man lies the opportunity to impact thousands of human beings…that impact begins with this revelation…I’m just a man”- Kanjii Mbugua

‘Just A Man’ is the first single off Kanjii’s debut solo album - Stories (to be launched in November 2008).

'Just A Man' is a tale woven through a man's perspective; it is the heartfelt articulation of the struggle a man finds himself caught up in, as he strives to live up to the role destiny has crafted for him.

From the longing for a father’s affirmation and the assertion of his love to his son; to the often difficult task of providing for a wife and child, 'Just A Man' mirrors the lives of many men in today's society. Men who are caught up in the day to day, but hold fast to an inherent belief that they were created for something more...

A reverberating cry for freedom that penetrates even the hidden crevices of the heart, 'Just A Man' underlines the desire of a man to break away from a past that has more often than not blurred his self image. It births in him the revelation that although as a man he will sometimes fail, the sum total of a his worth will not be arrived at by how often he failed, but by his efforts at self improvement and the improvement of the world into which he was born.