| Sprite gives Mpanda Ngazi a hand |
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His name is Mpanda Ngazi and though he was not completely himself when he got to the stage of the Sprite Slam over the weekend, he was clearly the illest free-styler that anyone at the UoN sports grounds had ever seen! Before then, of course… You don’t know him. The 22-year-old went head to head with all the other contestants, numbering about 12, and came out shining – combining wit, with disses, and rhyming all the above together to leave everyone covering their mouths to either gasp or not laugh too loudly. Clad in a pale yellow sweater with light blue jeans and a chipped rabbit tooth, Mpanda Ngazi was the darling of the crowd. He outdid Point Black, Mwafrika and Abbas Kubaff – making them each a little pink – and secured a promise from Abbas that they would record a track together.
“That is exactly what we wanted to do,” said Maureen Sika, Brand Manager – Kenya for Coca-Cola East and Central Africa. She was speaking of a campaign the company has to give the up and coming nearly revolutionary youth a chance to express themselves.
Apart from free-styling, the campaign involves graffiti competitions, 3 on 3 basketball and dance-offs.“There is a generation of alternative talent lying latent in community youth. Sprite offers an opportunity for these individuals to positively express…without boundaries,” Sika added. |
