Ayat Maqwam Salis, better known by his stage name Kirani Ayat makes a return in visuals after a hiatus from music.
While many may await the release of the much talked about debut album, ‘Aisha’s Sun,’ Ayat chronicles his bittersweet experience on a first-time road trip to Togo, before the lockdown in 2020.
His latest single ‘Journey’ which didn’t make it to the album arrives with a new self-directed documentary film.
“The weekend before the March lockdown last year I traveled to Togo, toured the country, ate some good food, got into an altercation with some army personnel and nearly got locked up” Ayat shared in a tweet. “All in the span of one weekend this inspired me to make this record” he added in a statement.ย
The weekend before the March lockdown last year I traveled to Togo ๐น๐ฌ, toured the country, ate some good food, got into an altercation with some army personnel and nearly got locked up.
โJourneyโ https://t.co/lPiAdkzx64 out now.
Tell a friend ๐. @blaq_pages @KaySoFromTema pic.twitter.com/0u55NCcnNG
— ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ (@KiraniAYAT) November 5, 2021
The song which features Blaq Pages is anย Afro-EDM record– a trademark sound of the madina-born music maverick, with happy synths and pads is sang mostly in his native language, Hausa. ย “It talks about patience, persistence, and finding purpose in a chaotic world” he reveals.
Watch it below.
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By: Olele Salvador | Ghana Weekend
