Setback for Bahati as ‘Wanani’ Video is Pulled Down from YouTube

By Omondi Otieno

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Award-winning Kenyan gospel musician Bahati has suffered a major blow after his viral hit ‘Wanani’ was deleted from YouTube.

A quick spot check on YouTube indicates that the video was pulled down following a copyright claim by Jivu an Afro Fusion group.

Neither Bahati nor his management have issued a statement on the same.

‘Wanani’ was doing really well online, and was trending at position one on YouTube before it was pulled down.

Unlike most of Bahati’s songs which focus on the gospel, ‘Wanani’ focused on Love.

The move to do something different elicited a lot of reactions with many questioning whether Bahati was ditching gospel music for secular.

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He, however, noted that the song was meant to cater to some of his fans who need encouragement especially in love matters.

“Kwa wimbo wangu mpya ‘Wanani’ I just wanted to do something tofauti kiasi, sababu nina mafans tofauti tofauti. Kuna mafans ambao nawafeed kiroho na kuna mafans ambao pia wanafaa kuwa encouraged in terms of love issues, sababu mapenzi ni maisha yetu ya kila siku. So I just did something unique,” he said during an interview with Mzazi Willy M Tuva.

Explaining why he did not have his wife Diana play the role of video vixen, yet the song seems like it was written for her, Bahati said Diana has featured in a number of his videos, and as such he wanted something different, that not many people expected.

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