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Bishop Ollah Juru

Own Correspondent

Gospel musician Bishop Ollah Juru will tonight launch a new album titled “Girl Child”, that explores various issues that disadvantaged people, especially girls, face in the society. Bishop Juru will launch the album at Bar Rouge at Longchen Plaza in an event that will also feature Suluman Chimbetu and Andy Muridzo.The musician said he was inspired to do the album by the plight of children and other people with disadvantages in the society.

The title track, “Girl Child”, discourages abuse of girls and pleads with the society to treat them with the same attitude that is shown when dealing with issues that affect boys.

Bishop Juru said it is unfortunate that women suffer because of neglect they would have encountered as girls.

“There are some societies that still prioritise boys when sending their children to school. If a family is poor and cannot send all children to school, the girl child is sacrificed,” said Juru.

“This is the reason why women are prone to abuse. If you do not empower your girl child, you are putting their future at risk of abuse at the hands of men because women end up being mistreated in relationships due to utter dependence on men.

“I have realised that in most cases girls that get good education take more care of their parents than their brothers.

There are women in our society that are making serious impact because they were given equal chances with boys when they were growing up. We want a society with such independent women and a society without abuse.”

The album, which is the musician’s eighth release, has other tracks that encourage family unity and morality in communities.

Another track “Munyama” implores single mothers to tell children about their fathers because a child that grows without knowledge of origins is prone to bad omen.

On “Baba Vakudzi”, Bishop Juru castigates fathers that neglect their families because of extramarital affairs while “Vabereki Vangu” urges children to respect their parents and look after them well.

Other songs on the album are “Xenophobia” and “Mwari Wangu”.

The musician urged people to take heed of the message on the album since it speaks to social ills that have affected many people.

He has roped in Sulu and Andy Muridzo to spice up the launch that is likely to attract attention of organisations that advocate for children and women’s rights.