 A four, imagine. Where we start your weekend on a weekday, as you can see on my right one, very handsome, very, very handsome DJ. Ati majitagajete na. Benites. Benites, ame omoka na nuyes. I don't know if we are allowed to zoom. Kuna, kuna ebis misiina. Makose mi fanyu ka guys, mani kama makosa ni yango. But that is fine. My name is Valentine or at Color Me Val on everything. And we have something so very, very special for you. But before that, Benites. So Leo, for example. My name is Kamazawa Siku Siku, like this. Takua Wap. Takua Kavali. Kavali ademana every Friday. Na Saturday. Ya, in Coastlands. Okay. Na sande tu na rest ama. Na sande piya. Mabiki kakuna form tu tapanga. Okay. So just basically tu ku fatigom tandao. Tu na plata haji. Benites underscore K. Kwa IG. All right. Skrizo momoka. Kuna mahali ni fatadama Benites. Ali kwa na ingiza machilingi. Na badwa jani buy ad lounge. Nisawa. Okay. Juli kwa ni aribu. Ili kwa ni seme ni. Nisitwame. Nisitwame. Dambia kuta. Odo kutameni Kropkwa pichaleo. Sija jam. By the way, Sija jam. Nisawa. Hashtag social Friday. At Wifi Phone Facebook. By the way, Wifi 4 underscore channel on. That's the Mwifi 4 channel on X. Ha ha. Tumatokse majutua. Ding. And of course, Tiktok and them and threads. And threads. Anyway, so in studio with us, very handsome gentleman and model. Or radim chanzokse maa. Aki the love I have for love's guy, Archer Tso. Uta fanya skini December na nandotu na. To letko January cut, cut. Ha? Adi wu mazoku janga. Ebo tu na zampigia kelele juhali. Tum Karibisha vizuri JJ. No. Uta chochoa, by the way. Uta chochoa. Ya. That's how we do it over here. And what's your good name? Fan looking sir. Thank you. Na itu wa kolu. My name is Collins. Aha. So show me the color blue. Aha. Wagwan. Na kuna wakum tandao bano metulia sana? Uko sour? Na kuna ni metulia AV? Wala. Yoni karakta. Oh. Yuna juki wa ukolaz maa? Aha. Eee. Siyate wu host ukohom. Ha ha ha. That's a... Why with the violets? Ha ha ha ha. This is my size. Ha ha ha ha ha. Violets all over. All right Kolok. Ya. Okay. Clearly your name is Kwanza Twanza Namchandayako. Just in case someone out there who doesn't really know who you are, how they can find you as stokyum pola ampola as we've been talking. Wagwan, my name is Kolu Blue on all social media platforms. Aha. Eh Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, threads. Aha. Na YouTube. Aha. Kuna ingine? Na Facebook eh na Facebook. Baba na Facebook. Yes. Definitely. Aha. So last money unge na wazazi, wow, 1-2-1-2. Wow. Na wengi wow wakuh Facebook. I have so many questions but let's start with the things that you have introduced to the conversation. Why Kolu Blue? Why Kolu Blue? Blue is my favourite color. Aha. But then my first ex back in high school. Why? Nia lini peyo geni. Why wonon na tia kasa sashu ali? Ushan za kuri net? Na tata gen nambali e? Ha ha ha ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Na ex ideally. Yes. Tata kusimani ex. Na ili kwa very premature. Na ili kwa 2 kuchega tia. E basa li kwa na kujangashili etu na na se ma e na tafta blue na tafta blue. So wa toka zangakunitai wobak. Na some few friends of mine. Aha. So kwingi usani ndi wakan nyambia. Koloni wengi wunaita jih. Kitu flani eni ita kuh. Identify him so I felt blue is everything that I am. Aha. Not wearing a shade of blue as we speak but missa. No, na kwa gatu na mi mi. Eh na ni, inside. Kwa raw. Kama wengi wakini wa gengi. Kwa raw. Gumi ni. Eh. Benito is not crazy if you do not to learn how to come urban. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay. So about the children. So how did it start? Why dance? Kusota. Bana. Wala. Danci li come to. I am not a talented dancer. I am not a born talented dancer. Aha. I sing talent wise. Zee talent wise. Me kata. Me kata. And I check out YouTube. Wei. Wei. Wei. Wei. Wei. Wei. Wei. Wei. Wei. Wei. Wei. Wei. Wei. Wei. Wei. Wei. Wei. Wei. Wei. Bana nara forwa. Bana nara 사el nara. Tja. Ci Mo na. Nezumopiha. Weitai nara.rica, kao na, Paa nara wMon.都有 wat Rosena cada foreground. Ito ke 중에 Nigeria Na rolled infotatedexplosion ma lo kumini ni ni ni ni ni ni. kutai ni na Oubousadbo. Kwa kwa na kiburi fani tii inu talent small ina mis Ki dobu, kwa ni ometulia kama uiundio Onibari kia Ki dobu, ringa, ringa 24 na ringa tuki Thank you, thank you, thank you So again, with the children So was it a common idea? Back in the days asa, after nimi hansaku dance Maisha kakwa muki dobu, nika hansaku fukiri I needed to make money off dance So the only way I would make money off dance was through teaching after I became good at it I am really easygoing with kids Muti for our children compared to adults any time We are difficult Definitely But me see adults and I'm still children Oh, so we can work with you But it doesn't work So, kujimi kupenda wa toto Nika vibe 2 na wa toi Then got a few gigs Work in our toi Then I realized I got something I was able to get to kids easier First I was able to teach kids the context of dance, right? So I opened my own dance class which has now developed to our full blown dance academy We had to go Every last holiday we had like a full holiday package After we were here at home But so I decided to go to a certain place Apart from Thikarod Roasters Just next to Club Loft Kuna jimi kwa pwapondotimi set up Every Saturday 11 to 1 pm So I thought to go to Pekiake Now to age me? Age is from 4 to 14 14 Ya, kwaiz We have an adult dance class that's on Sunday So I spent a kumit The two kwaiz of different things Nuna pata Wait, wana mna pigea kwa losimu It's true, he's live Ma zi ni shushu ya ngo nani ambia mi nuna kwa tifu Nuna jo ma zi in marango kwa kwa kwa tv Bana ma seleba Shushu ya mi niseleba ma zi Nene, shushu Oh I know, I know But please, ma liya kwa sallibiki Mixing kids and adults kwa dance kwa si li kwa I li kujeka kwa A bit not very okay with me Because I felt the kind of music that kids are receptive to The context of the conversations that go on in a class Ya watua kubua Then ya watua nabra Basically, different behavior that is presented by us Is not really favorable to kids Even the kind of dancing we're doing for adults Is not really what kids should be learning at that particular age So I thought to find a specific class Ya watua yunita kwa friendly with the music With the language, everything that is happening around them Mm-hmm Ya Kwa lasu kia kuchama Niza choma tuki dago Choma Nisha choma tuki dago So nata kusema dance kwa kwa kuba ni Kwa na sungesha body part zingine wa toto wa fahit sungesha mani Ideally, kama ni dance una fahiku dance Una get So si fahiku kuhu li mi tu ekam tum kubua hati Uzi move your lower abdomen Zwinini English English Ya why is my G There is supposed to be a free Dancing is basically connecting to your soul So if you feel like connecting to your soul is this part Then I should include me too because they are kids in class But then again, me being the coach I am supposed to also look at the environment ni favorable kwa toi So ni kafil dance classes Akenya zili kwa zina mix the two Na haikuwa ok, honestly So ni kafil Even the kind of the context of the dance that we are doing Una pata kuna technique Fla ni taku wangumu kwa mtui Nungumtui ni talented dancer So they needed to have like a curriculum Ya kwa set up step by step Kwa zi mi muki ni kwa dance class na mtui utu kwa Ufunze vitu zeni ni favorable kwa umtui Uta kuna ni undersav kama yu client Na ni kiyama ni funze vitu zeni ni favorable kwa umtumu kwa Uta kuna undersav umtui kwa client Ya so that's why we did a split And it's good, it's been two years now Like a fully developed dance class With kids and adults separate And it's working to na pata wa tui Wendi way to work on social medias I wanna sumbu wa taku tuliko Sisi saindu utu mi anza kwa na TV Tu anza kwa julika na watu yun na tumika na kitambo Uwana pata brand endorsements ni ni ni Which is the ultimate goal to make dance A means of earning a living Muskeve na nesema watu wakenya Uwa wana mix watu wakenya Ya ni others Ya yes ni kama Ya sama watu wakenya Kolu utu have hard time na mi No problem So I hear apparently that a little bird told me That you are also a psychologist Ya Bye profession So ni li kwa kei uwe Ok ni kwa kei uwa O li kwa kei uwa na watu Ali kwa shakata Mi ni mi kwa kei uwa Ni kwa kei uwa domsila student I graduated Then went back For To continue the same Post Ya Ata na shin no pusema Ata na shin na kuwi toa kwa Ata na Ata na Ata na umeru desu le kufanya Ni ni kuwi desu le kufanya Extend my study Difcult Difcult you? Zizi zizi zi Ni le Ni ni kwa kei uwe ni kiazaku dance Ni li julia ku dance kei uwe First year my course takes 5 years So ni kwa fanya cancelling psychology Adi the fifth year when I graduated Then 2 years ago I graduated Then now Ni kwa ingia job Which I quit later on I have worked in amog Wow Ya That's plot thickens What do you mean? Definitely Fokas Do you have time? I do I do by the way Don't me about Uli jpatadze kwa mong Ni li decide kwen amog Okay Mi watu ali kwa nakusumbu Kwa natsuka kwa nga namtu Amali Amog environment is actually a good environment If you see it in a different way Walk me through that You get to appreciate life Okay Madrawe daily wiki tokahomu na kujoku How realize kuna watu wuko Na tokahana pelika watu wakuna daily Wow So mtu wako wuko Daily yata mekitu wa prayer Hata kikuluz mama kia sista kia babake The boyfriend and the girlfriend Because daily we see people Taking their loved ones That direction you get But personally where I went Is because I just felt like In my profession Doing counseling and therapy I felt like We are so many therapists Out here doing addiction Doing marriage Doing We are talking about When you learn Let's do your bottomless voice We are going to talk together Hi Yeah We are going to talk So I feel In this space I don't know what you are Like where are they left Because if you have gone through Any particular loss in your life You will understand the weight it carries Losing a significant person In a kwa ga crazy Always you understand kama hau jaluz So mimi at some point in my life Earlier before I got to high school I got to experience such a thing With my mum She lost someone And how I saw her change Because of lacking therapy Now which I understand now Made me want to never see Another son See their mum in my lenses So I feel Nezokipayo space Ndolem se ma nyanaluz A significant other Anapatam se wakum support Kwa yo jani at the time So that's why I decided to work In the Mog for Nia And 7 months after Ika kwangumu jia Isdori ya usani So say I have to drop you dog But interuditu Have you ever been in the space To cancel others Like a practitioner To cancel others Yeah I have worked for an E.M. 7 months Mog Senior Yeah Like me face to face Like go cancel Kweni mog miya cancel lad Okay Okay That's a good question Mog miya cancel Kweni ameleta Awatu Aw Aw. Aw. Okay. Okay now we've cleared that Mono na nitchekazo Why? Okay If you have lost someone And you've come maybe For post mortem Nini Identificing Identify when you Coming for barrier Then you're coming to You're coming to Yeah, there are some Patrilla mogs Very few mogs Nili kua Kenyata University ali yon mwa kulei mula mula kusiyo§ kwa kulei kwa kulei mula, h�inaji. Kчитi wajada kata mera na, kwa kulei kwa kulei mula. Yon kila ni opsuama kwa hila ni opsuama k Golda. Tuu quki ya yon kwa na. S wrapper yon na daily. N'appreciating it life. Nasi yes it take life for granted. Which is normal. Na chua usi po kamahako kwa yo ni ja kwa yo experience hia watu kululuz... Honestly we tend to forget, we are so busy wu k Quick New Nairobi. Ume na archives, uma kujahapa, uma host tu tokiha ya pass jwenda meeting wha p'i. Io si kuku nam tu... Anu ma nijua eh? Eh... as it's not a step... Wait, but not today. Ta niye matu, haja hadez pokupato sigizi yesterday night kwa zaliku anenda kuzi kababakileo. Buko kunu na kufu ngewa, kwa wei nii wa ngacedu hula niye nii unibame yubareng andile it hitz. Bwen nii wakinii tarte kupisa nprize karunatia. Yere nii kikupi nga на siya ni na luwa na yuwa, na nerri mwazitwe na siya nii terapi tu ya nii oura nii na nii nosiwe, We have a friend of mine. You guys know her Naseeku. Naseeku is a psychologist too. She's a therapist. So we want to work on helping people undergoing loss to be able to navigate the loss easier. And due to mental health, let's take care of our mental health, but we don't know how much loss gets your mental health. So we want to work on helping people to get their mental health. So tell me honestly, what do you think of me? Be with me. You should say it. So after me, we have experienced a loss plan. We knew that when I was in primary school, we used to have a child called Mr. Jumba. Mr. Jumba was a child who was just in school. I think he was born in a village called Juyake.�지 ya kouzuDO interrupted limitedٹ kwa naku pidabare Wanak up nhak subhiは reais tuu lanak usu sна ni kupe k ن wounded nafangzu able kad y⯀fect kwa consegu matanya You cannot go through loss and be okay. By not being okay doesn't mean you seek. That's what people need to understand you get. Because I think one thing that we need to actually do so that we can protect our mental health in Kenya, nituwa ches tigmya tuki se mamto konashdea ki itruwa tunas yuma mech easy. Umto mech easy mi psychotic. That's an illness. That's an illness. But all of us may have psychological illnesses that are beside psychotism. Tunasiyona uku daily unendakwa mat there are so many. Neza kumenshoni hampa most psychological illness is that people don't even understand that illness is utafkiri amtutuni pavat. But we must go through a psychological illness. Unendakwa kwa mativi alaf 11 ya matus mama kwa mato mejishkili and then umto ana pita ana rab behind you intentionally de mana jam. That's an illness. We want to go through a sexual disorder. Kuna watu utapata kuna mse utawana. There is one that I have experienced up at Archives, Juzi namto alikwa na taku pigwa. People who go exposing their nituwa kusen kabsasichi easy but then I expose private parts alafu anashitu wa de de manashitu kana piganduru watu anasima lukwa rapis nini ugunjunitua exbizionizim ko exhibit. That's how they get gratification but that's an illness. But suza djusisi hatuna informasyon. Chuchu time stereotype mei umtu n rarepis te umtuni nini but isuni ugunjuzakili mei more than so laki ni hatuna informasyon. Nabaiboli nasemama my people die due to lack of knowledge. I don't know the family who take this for granted. Yo, I'm just starting a podcast. I would really like to pick your mind a little bit, but that's beyond the point. Noa, this was on mechanganikiyo. How's your go? Aya, tumete mongelia wa to otro, dance classes, tumete mongelia, wewe. So, tell me about dance and therapy, how those two come together. So, after kukwamsa ni, then over the years God aka nipia grace, nika patrafollowing kidogo. Yo kidogo, mii no alere kidogo. No, it's big, it's big, I appreciate everyone out there who found it twice to follow me, people who love what we do. Over 2 million people on TikTok, almost 200,000 on Instagram. It's crazy how much people love what we do. So, maju, kunak tu nitwa dance therapy, where people just have therapy in the context of dance. Wow, maju. Sorry. Ni, ni, ni. Ni, ni, ni, ni. Exposure. Ya, so kise mongu ni kuechu na manisha piya, kwa exposure kidogo. Ya, so, kunak tu nitwa music therapy, kuna different types of therapy you get. So, mii being a therapist, professionally, I was like, mii naskiyaga powa, mii mii ni kumusano nipateni kona stress. Mii mii, I am never stressed. Ya, ok, ni kwa nga na levels of stress, but ni kisha ingiatu kwa zoni aku dance. It's done, you get. And I feel it's a feeling all of us can share because we all can move. You get. It's universal. So, long as atasila mojweo song ni what language, utaskiya despasito i trenduko na tukujuku tu i dance, wonewa twengi na kiki dance in gengeton, jamaika, wona get. So, ni kafil e-space ya therapy, inezwa kwa better, because Kenya biggest population is the youth and to go high, to go na energy. Inezwa kwa better received by the generation if we would give it in a perception that is friendly to them. Other than the normal stereotyped therapy when you are a fau kaichi ni na therapist, counselor, at a ways you know when you are seeing a therapist you have to judge. I mean, judge by the way. Wona get. So, ni kafil dance therapy ni space ya hi ko occupied ni among my goals to set up fully functional dance therapy farm where people come to na vibe and in the context of therapy and in the context of dance to nezaku empower ourselves and become better people. Goal to ni kuku kwa to better people. Psychologically, because it all starts from the side. Kama apa skopoata, ta konda, a mani non-excessively. Mianze kungia vi ba. Wona jo ni kikungia lisha vi ba na project to wutu skopoata ni. Ya, we can just do that all that from doing dance. Mas ya hagane zam fotokopi. Like watutu afkira getru kawere because hey. Ya, so that is what brought about dance therapy. So we are looking at them employing very many therapists who would be interested. Kwa wana pata kama kei u to na graduate so many of us psychologists and a graduate. You get na CC kilam to tapata chans ya kurudi shule kama mimi we are like five out of over say a thousand that graduated in my ear. Watanon doa meru di hi mua kakufanya masters na wengine maybe we are willing to attend kufanya. So not all of us will have a chance to extend our studies. But if we would create avenues where we would create jobs for other dancers who would be interested in empowering other people and other psychologists who would be interested in empowering people in the context of dance then up to me empower watutu waka pata good mental health statuses waka pata employment na can you get what to a better place basically. So what I'm hearing from you is you use your platform social media or otherwise to not only teach dance but I'll call you ahila because you sound like a hila so you're also kind of here. Eventually ya rast the go. Rast the go. Alafu pia pia mimi na na supa vaisiwa na watu ame kwa kwa e industry dance industry therapy. Nyambiwe watu to step watu not to touch nimi na jokunizu guidelines pia sijuiki laki utu so I'm still learning as I move. You remain teachable. That's so cool. You have to. Okay. This is me just being very curious. I want to be very careful with my words right now. But there are people that have come into contact with I don't want to say it's a particular generation because that would be a bit far fetched but the majority of nisimawasani was crazy people who really want to be in the limelight who are going after this fame and fortune. I'm hoping you're tying fortune also because you can be famous and not have but fame and fortune. So they don't really think school is important because in fact we see a time so the faster they get into what they're doing the faster they get into their craft the more they work on it experience versus going to a classroom and writing notes or something like that but you have chosen to go to school finish and then continue extend the way you've put it. Why? I think knowledge as well. Like umtomenda shule honestly whether when im sani una fana kazi kofisi when you watch man when you house help umtomenda shule rizoni nia can be totally different from purely school is not for even certificates one it's for exposure because kama sinyanda kiyu singe kwa they call it blue as people know him today but besides the exposure that you get from school I think school just broadens your thinking capacity your scope and perception towards life sita sita perceive life and see life in a multi dimensional aspect stajaju yu juna takwa DJ na kuna degree you get but to someone else who has been socialized to understanding that school is the only way ama DJing is not an ideal job we'll stereotype him to someone who is wasting time you get so I think school just gives you a different perception to na watu wengine so Mimi my advice to any artist like we all need to go to school besides even that in matters IP just understanding why IP is intellectual property na nime check atu when you may drop casually kuna sisi wengiwe wengiwe tu asani na tijenda shule una pata uta tewa ma contract zene zi nongia kizungu mingi kwa mendo ka make deals zi ngini baya ma pato mendo ka uka harasi kwa pahali atu weziji te tewa mimi kama mimi ko lomi wezini haras atu kwe president fine print una soma? no, it's not even about kwa soma it's about knowing who you are I think school ina kwa empower to ina difference una kwa tumtutu fahuiti but just going to school so Mimi personally I do not know kwa kwa people who are not going to school you're like honestly, see if you don't know nili nili, as in, uki pata chance uki pata chance mazeh ru di shule, uta sidi otatua kwa taku fanyamaz homework at least unona twa zeti reyo kwa nomba niku so mere the question of the day and I would really like to hear from you people good morning do you think social media is doing more harm than good in addressing the recent waves of crime in Kenya oh, ehh nizak patia apeni for my thoughts a lafu tumalizana ako ehh, listen to me ah, na kupiatemi aku load bana so no na, I care about you ah, Tulia ok, so I was watching this interview of umuanyali kitambu on purpose na ilikwana Michelle Obama she was the one who was being hosted and then she said kitambu, ok, kitambu iao kitambu iao they only used to hear news in the village around like Nairobi, Mayoneo, Nakuru, Naivashi Kiendafana, maybe city of champions that's the news you had and we're living in a world where maybe crime perhaps imeshuka, but now kitu at every given time, every minute we hear everything so I know what's happening in Japan it's an earthquake, I know what's happening in Sudan I know what's happening on the Gaza Strip with Israel and Palestine I know what's happening in Sujuwapi na na juasai, Kenya na me hapen Homa Bay Airbnb, like I know everything at a blink of an eye so is social media making it worse because now we know everything happening everywhere ama it's just at all you are giving us your thoughts for me for me I think there is no generation in time yet that has had much more power than we have kataseo social media I am in touch with what dancers are doing in Japan by virtue of social media we are in touch with the technology that will cure cancer that's in China by virtue of social media Gaza na Sujuwapi kuna fight so mama nguha touch kuwa job uko what's your social media so is this how we want to perceive it kuna wato na se mga gengeto nichafu na ngoza reaction problem kwa wato na se mga gengeto nichafu but gengeto ni kuna listen na zwa genget jazz music has jazz music listen so social media has taken its place in the world that we can't kill social media I don't think it's doable unless the internet is done and done and if the internet is done then tuna ru di stone age ni wendu tututakwa satu masura zahoma rektas besides that tuna ru di stone age na kutakwa na haja DJ because without internet atakwa na toa pimziki atakwa na haja TV you get because tututakwa tuna dictate kenya wana taka to scare but through social media kenya Elon Musk kame fanya sayi tututakwa pop aki kufatu na jwa sayi you get exactly for me I think social media is doing as much as it has its disadvantages which is like any other thing in life I'm not an entirely good person nobody is an entirely good person so there is no one entity in life that will be entirely good even the church it has its pros and cons so like church watu wana sayi mga e kuna easy witu flanis na fanya na church zene si poa lakini wna kumukio church ni wna tupe laka binkuni lakini ondi yo ye nye tatu highlightia steps zakwenda binkuni so kama ikitu ye nye mungwa li tuwa chia but do ikuna disadvantages why are we limiting social media to boundaries of our thoughts to kiskia two thoughts mnzito lakini ma ambiwa time image time is equal limitation but apana yuki utuna to sayi dya way mwa zanina to ham kuskama sii siya tu diya kwa apa thank you so very much Kola okona salamu nisi kukose ma ujato kayo mainia nia kisina nga salamu i think atabe uta ke kum salimi kusina in kiesu koko injuno trafitam 2 niku apa walae oh this one atu beba ah natu beba tu me confirm walae kukoko injuno siya tu nataka tumusi hana pesa hana struggle hit me up kutak kujos wama kandoya wei atwet 5-4 wei 5-4 chada on X hashtag is social friday where we bring you weekend on a weekday this has been such an amazing conversation with one Kolo blue not wearing a blue thing inside but ma ambiwa nami represent liya alisa mai kwa ndani walae kwa walae ma ambiwa nami represent liya ma ambiwa nami represent liya ma ambiwa nami represent liya wei wei walae benites let's go