Bosa leader takes music to parly

TV presenter turned politician, Ayanda Allie, won't stop making music.

Ayanda joined Build One South Africa (Bosa) a few months after dropping her debut album in 2023, but that will not stand in her way to tell Mzansi’s stories through songs.

Speaking to Daily Sun, Ayanda said though her political work was consuming much of her time as her party was crisscrossing the country persuading citizens to vote for them on 29 May, it will never kill her love for the mic.

“I'm not lost to music. I might have time constraints now but I'm hoping maybe after a year in one position or a five-year term in one position then another election comes, who knows maybe just to catch a break, I can try relaxing and write some songs. I'm not last in music I'm not lost to arts or the creative industry,” she said.

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She said her music is part of the struggle that is part of the Bosa movement.

“It's a part of emancipation and initiative that we are embarking on,” said Ayanda.

Her album was titled We The People and featured songs such as We The People, Marikana, and Rhodes Must Fall.

She said: “Those are modern day freedom songs and struggle songs that really are a call to action to say guys let's get up and do something.

“It was the beginning of this grassroots movement that I had, that I wanted to bring about a change in the community,”

Ayanda said it was a continuation of the work that she was doing in Soweto through Bukho Bami Youth Centre which she founded.

“It was just an amplification of my voice in different ways and in different sectors. You will know that in the media I loved human interest stories. When I went to government we worked in transport and we dealt very much with economic empowerment and social development in that component as well,” she said.

She said she joined Bosa because her music found its expression through the party because Bosa comprises ordinary people who have come together to govern.

“In South Africa, we had umzabalazo. We had people who would sing. We had toyi-toyi which would come with rhythm and with song. Music is powerful. Music unites. Music conscientizes. Music helps people to organise and to spearhead in one direction. For me, I will always be putting together music that really impact society and causes us to question our status quo in where we are.”

Ayanda is number three on Bosa parliamentary list.

“Who knows, maybe I can do a follow up as well with an album that says, We Shall Govern. It would be fitting,” she said.