 Good morning, and welcome back to Why in the Morning. My name is Joy Mochache. We're seated here with a wonderful guest that is going to be doing some spoken word for us as well as we're going to get to know her a little bit more and her art a little bit more. So like you know, you can reach us and follow us on Y254 channel on Facebook and on Instagram that is Y254 underscore channel. You can also reach us on Twitter on Y254 channel where you can find me on joy underscore mochache and you guys remember to subscribe and to follow all our all our handles and this is going to be a hashtag Why in the Morning, hashtag performance or performance, hashtag spoken word. So I guess, what's that from Caribbean welcome? Her name is Chukwamek. Her name is Roseanne Jerry. She's a spoken word artist or what they call an oral performance artist. So a few questions if I can. What is spoken word as I was going to explain, come on Nini. Spoken word Nini, exactly. Okay, spoken word it's like a poem which is written but you keep a form in a spoken word. It's a written poem. It's a spoken word. It depends. Okay. spoken words. By the way, it depends on mentality. through words. I come in Mezuya to Kwandika and then I rehearse and then later I perform. Yes. Ah, yeah. So how old are you? How old are you? I was born in 2013. Okay. I was inspired by my, my dad's, my mom after Ali Paz. Ah, pola. And then, so I was inspired. Actually, I didn't know I was doing spoken word until I saw Mufasa, what the trend. I love to see her perform and the pieces that I make, I want to see her perform. And so I decided, like, I can also do it. I can perform it. Yes. Even when you were young? Even when I was in Lianza. I love to see you in Lianza. Was it, did you start maybe with some friends? Was it like in a group type of situation? Or was it like in a group type of situation? In Lianza, I was in Lianza. The journey has been tough because mostly, my best friend was me and Wright. Like, when I was in SMR, we were too busy. That's why I'm here today. The first time I was in Lianza, I was four months old. And then, I was living with my brother. So every, each and every time I was with him, I was with him. I was like, I'm with him now. So at school, I was with him for a poem. And then I was with him, and he said, this poem is a book, as in, I was with him for an estimate. I decided to write and write and write until I, they believe in me. Now they believe in you? Yes. So you were with him? Yes, I was with him. And then I said, OK. So they finally accept that you were with him? Yes, he was proud because he told me, I was with him. I write, I was with him. I write, I'm surprised. I was like, I want to fly, I want to follow up I want to connect with him when he's performing. Is there a family that has siblings? My family, like, how do you say spoken word? But I stay with my aunt. My aunt supports me. She helps me in fairs and places. She supports me too. My siblings are now my cousins. And she is supportive. In terms of the market, I have spoken word with my sister. Yes. Okay. This is your journey, your spoken word. In the beginning, I was a teacher. There was an experience that I shared about how your journey has been. Maybe some of the difficult experiences, even some of the best experiences, things like that. My spoken word is teacher because I am a teacher. How do you say it? How do you say it? Like, how do you say it? I say it for free, like going to a park, going to a lunch, a national theater. And then I go to two places, I go live. I go to two places, but I was doing it for free because I was passionate about it. I had to do it. Okay. In fact, you brought up something. I wanted to bring up later on. But now I'm here in your profile that there are a few places that I can perform, which are If I Can Bring It Up. I have an open mic. I have two. By the way, I go live. Sometimes I take pictures, I have magazines. I say, wow, this thing looks so fly. What do you perform? I perform live. I perform for two shows. No three, I guess. And this girl is too strong. Okay, sir. She pushed me. She rehearsed. She said I'm confident. I'm a shy girl. She can't express it. But she's strong. She was shy. Yes, she was very shy. In fact, I was too depressed. I was under the depression because of many pressures. I was depressed because of many pressures. I was under the depression because of many pressures. And that is when you understand the essence of your parents when they are still alive. Like, if you have two more, you're going through and nobody is there to understand you. You're talking to your mother. Yes. I'm sure there are youth who are confident to speak in the open. How does one get that confidence of speaking in front of people? Like, do you feel confident when you speak in front of people? Like, confident to gain from friends. They say, show me a friend and they'll tell the kind of person you are. Like, my friends are so confident and pure are poets. Most of your friends are poets. Most of my friends are poets. So, sir, as in how do you want me to push through? Ah, you can do it. Sir, you can do it too. And then you can develop some confidence. Of which I want to perform in front of you. In front of you. Towards the end, I want to perform in front of you. But before we get to that, I'd like to bring up some places you've performed. I'm seeing you wearing a shirt which is written at East Hub. And I also see that same name here in your profile, at East Hub this Christmas. It looks like it means something to you. It looks like it means something to you. It means something to you. At East Hub, it's a poetry platform and it deals with upcoming artists. So, sir, I performed. The first time I performed, it was on Christmas on 12th. I'm not sure about the date, but I decided to sign up because I met so many people. And at East Hub, I signed up for a club called Organization. So, it's an organization. Hosted by Poeta Dennis. Hosted by Brighter Days. I don't know if you know him. What's Brighter Days? Poeta Dennis. Poeta Dennis. We'll just call it Brighter Days. So, sir, as an end of host to our club and a push to map coming artists. Either you sing, you do poetry, or anything. And a push to. So, your organization, because you're an upcoming artist. So, sir, well, I hope you understand. Besides art, you're an entrepreneur at Shuja. I like the way it's spelled. Shuja line. I love how it's spelled. It's spelled like Shu, okay. I sell shoes. Shuja. Shuja is an organization. At East Hub. Okay. Which I sell online. Which you sell online. I sell online. Okay. How long? Last year, I had exams. Last year, I had exams. December. You're a busy lady. And then you're on top of that. Well, I have to say, he's easy. Thank you. So, now I have a very important question. At your spoken word. What impact on youth? What impact do you have on youth? I spoke to you about impact because I'm a young person in society. What youth are going through. For example, I talk about my experience. So, I'm a young person who has a lot of experience. And I'm going through what I'm going through. So, I'm speaking a word to that lady who is speaking about her story. So, I'm you speak for the voiceless. Yes. Generally, I talk about topics. Is it confined to a particular topic? Typically, I talk about gender. Gender equality. Gender equality. Domestic violation. Domestic violence. Domestic violence. And depression. Loanliness. Loanliness. We choose our life. We choose our life. We're about to close down the show. But before we close down the show, please tell our viewers your social media handles. And immediately after that, I want you to give them a small taste of what you do. Facebook, you can find me at Google. I just started growing up Yeah, I just moved I just started growing up a child and I thought how would she handle this situation. She finally decided to become a movie. She named filmoxen So trust and obey, there is no other way to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey. This or the word that she frequently heard to mention, as she sat down with fear and dreadful emotions, emotions that threaten to expose the truth that she once knew but chose to forget, the truth about chastity, purity, and holiness. This virtue once described her, a so-spoken religious girl who was known for her charm but now this girl is dead, and all which was pure, turned to that. Her soul was printed black, she was once a saint that embraced the good biblical teaching, love, you neighbors, and don't know harm to others. She had been raised in a self-environment. Her parents were pastors who raised her with a lot of innocence, but now she lives in a different world. World full of pimps, drugs, and drugs. She saw the world so different away from her younger self and love for her neighbor turned to hate, and in her eyes everyone deserved to pay. So she sang to herself her favorite, church him, trust and obey, for there is no other way to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey. What an irony in these words was their hope, the musicality from her singing was so soft and gentle but different from reality. She needed a fix, a sniff to come her nerves. She was dirty, and a full adder came from her mouth, hand, and her body. She was homeless, living and sleeping in street corners. She needed a joint. She needed it right now. Her dealer had a red, her skin was itching, and her eyes turned brown, and in all these broken states she remembered it all. She remembered her uncle head of choir, how he pimped her on the hallway wall, how he forced himself within the church corridors, how painful his stress felt, how pain was magnified from the skin to the core of her bones. A wolf in sheep's clothing. The pain was real. They had him on an extreme. Not only did he break her private part, but also her soul. A soul where Jesus once lived, but now she's condemned with the seed of her uncle in her womb to kill or to bear the seed of a devil. And when she ran away she found a new world. A world of quick fixes, hallucinations, and fake realities. A world of its own heaven. A world of packs of food that not pretend to be in sheep's clothing. And now her dealer had arrived. Her skin was itching, and her baby was kicking. She smiled. These quick fixes gave her some little joy. And this one had to be a boy. She still hoped that though they will be born addicted to drugs, it will find a soft place far away from her uncle. So trust and obey. There is no other way to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey. Forgotten truth. Rosanne. That was amazing. Thank you. Wow. You've touched on a lot. Thank you. That was so much. That was heavy. Thank you. And I'm sure it's actually reached out to someone. I'm sure you make good some too. So if that has happened, remember you can reach out on, say your social media handle again. Please. Facebook, Rosane, Jerry, Jerry. Instagram, Rosane, Jerry. So you guys have heard that. This has been our guest for Spoken Word. My name is Joy Mochache. Remember you can always find us and say what you feel about what you've heard today on Facebook, Y254 channel on YouTube. You can watch this again. You can listen to that poem again on YouTube. That is on Y254 channel as well. Remember to subscribe Instagram, Y254 underscore channel. And you can find me at Joy underscore Mochache. So have a wonderful morning. Next upcoming is Hilda Wadidhi with Youth in Politics.