Morgan Heritage clashes with Tanzanian authorities

Jamaican reggae group Morgan Heritage with Tanzanian bongo artiste Diamond Platnumz (second left). PHOTO | COURTESY

Days after the Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority (TCRA)  and Tanzania Art and Music Regulatory Board (Basata) banned the award winning reggae band Morgan Heritage hit song dubbed  ‘Hallelujah’ featuring Diamond Platnumz.

The Grammy reggae band Morgan Heritage have disagreed with the two bodies , stating that they did nothing wrong by glorifying women using Biblical literature.

“The Bible say God created woman when He saw man lonely. So we will never stop, ever glorifying woman in a positive way. Because when we do it and we use the bit*h word, we get crucified. Now we say ‘Hallelujah’ we get in trouble. They say we blasphemy. Let the woman be praised Hallelujah,” vocalist Roy “Gramps” Morgan said.

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TCRA and Basata reached a decision to ban the song over what it termed it as being against the country’s morals.

The song which was released in September 2017 was banned by TCRA from receiving airplay last year, five months after its release.

TCRA and Basata argued that the song was actually blasphemous with the video praising indecent ladies   .

Despite the ban, the song has attracted more than 10.5 million views on YouTube besides being a club banger.

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