Azana On How Driving Through Alex Inspired Uhuru

Azana on how driving through Alex inspired Uhuru. Songstress Azana details on how she came up with the song Uhuru and what inspired the song.

Azana’s song titled Uhuru which she collaborated with Sun EL Musician made serious waves in the music industry and listners fell in love with it. In her interview on The Episode podcast, Azana spoke out about what inspired the song and and how it came about.

Azana shared that the song Uhuru initially came from the conversation she was having with Sun EL in the car as they were driving through a place called Alexandra in Johannesburg. Concerned about the living conditions of the people from that place, the singer was unhappy about what she saw. That brought the realization that black people are really not free, and that is why in her song she speaks about what black people are still going through even after they were told they are free.

“Uhuru came from a conversation we hade before we even went to studio. We were driving through Alex, and I was like this is so unfair how other people are living and then we call this freedom. We say we’re free but really after you tell us that we are free as black people, did anything change that much… “, Azana shared.

Alex was not the only thing that inspired the song. The song called Not Yet Uhuru by Letta Mbulu was also an inspiration. She shared that a line that says, Umhlaba Wakithi Usemindawonye from Letta’s song also did have an impact. She also said that it was a powerful line. “… It was also inspired by the song by Letta Mbulu called Umhlaba Wakithi Usemindawonye. I think that was such a powerful line. I was like wow, it’s giving me chills now. The way she sang it, it was so beautiful”, said Azana.

Additionally, the songstress went on to say while they were still on their drive via Alex, she she took a piece of paper and started working on the song. When they arrived in studio and started recording the song, everything was natural and flowing. “… So we were speaking about that in the car and I took a piece of paper and started writing in the car. When we got into studio, the beat started, it was just so natural right onto it”, Azana shared.