‘Ameno’ Amapiano – a vibrant movement dominating the world

Jan 16, 2022 News

Kaieteur News – While some countries are focused on world domination, at times, through means that could be damaging to developing nations, there are others that have been using more exhilarating means to achieve the same goal.

Goya Menor in an ‘Ameno’ Amapiano Remix TikTok challenge video.

It is well known that the continent of Africa has suffered immensely over the decades due to the unsavoury actions of some individuals who cared nothing about Africa’s development. But if social media is to be believed, Africa in recent times has started to fight back, and the momentum thus far, has been unprecedented.
With a weapon called Amapiano, one country at a time is being taken over and it is widely believed that, as a consequence, they are better off; after all, with a name like Amapiano who can possibly lose a showdown?
For those who may be sailing, Amapiano, according to Wikipedia, is a style of house music that emerged in South Africa in 2012. It is described as a hybrid of deep house, jazz, and lounge music that is usually distinguished by high-pitched piano melodies, Kwaito basslines, low tempo 90s South African house rhythms and percussions from another subgenre of house music known as Bacardi.
According to inventa.com (inventa is an Intellectual Property firm, specialising in the protection and internationalisation of trademarks, patents, industrial designs, copyright and domains) Amapiano, in less than a decade, has gone beyond borders. On October 4, 2021, inventa.com published an article written by Inês Sequeira which revealed that on the TikTok social media platform for instance, the #amapiano hashtag stands at more than 570 million views and shares of global streams on the AmaPianoGrooves playlist on Spotify increased 116 percent globally over the previous year.

The ‘Ameno’ Amapiano Remix has been taking the world by storm.

Amapiano, according to Sequeira, is a proudly South African genre that encompasses not just a sound, but also a South African lifestyle—and it may be Africa’s next global hit.
With the introduction of the ‘Ameno’ Amapiano remix song by Nigerian singer, Bright Goya, whose stage name is Goya Menor, Amapiano has been taken to new and incredible heights.
With catchy lyrics like “you want to bam bam, you want to chill with the big boys…,” the song which features US-based Ghanian-born Nektunez and was first released in June 2021, was able to rack-up over one million views in six months on YouTube. Needless to say, its viewership has continued to soar.
According to Nigeria’s Premuim Times in a December 21, 2021 report, the track is currently number one in several countries including: Jamaica, Uganda, Ghana, Kenya, Zambia, South Africa, Thailand, Nigeria, Sweden, and still counting. Not surprisingly, it has also been building momentum right here in our land of many waters.
On TikTok, arguably the fastest growing social media platform, the song is without doubt overused, but interestingly enough, not ad nauseum. It would seem that the more the song is played, the more enticing it becomes. As a consequence, it has successfully transcended country, race, religion and gender, to captivate the minds and hearts of the people of the world to achieve domination without an inkling of oppression.
The ‘Ameno’ song is capable of bringing a smile to the face of any listener and somehow evokes a sense of pride simply from employing a move or two (by way of dance or skit) in tune with the rhythmic flow.
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But could there be more to this astounding lyrical production? Well, Menor, the 26-year-old vocalist behind its success, certainly believes so. In an interview with Premium Times, Menor chose to describe it as a “supernatural hit”.
He said, ‘‘I didn’t produce it as a major project. I produced it as a joke. It was just God, because the song picked up in the first week of December after it went viral in Uganda. If I were to promote this song with my own resources this song wouldn’t be a hit.”
Menor, who, according to the Premium Times, is a sociology graduate from the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State Nigeria, revealed that the song was recorded to educate the youth about the dangers of social vices like cultism and prostitution.
In fact, he proudly described it as an anti-cultism track. Whether the intended message has been reaching his global audience, the rhythm certainly has been taking hold of them without fail.
According to reports, the song is currently topping the Apple music charts and Shazam playlist and seemingly will continue to soar to new and dynamic heights in the near future.

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