INTRODUCING DONALD QUAO’S “BOJI MONI OJI”- THE BIRTH OF AFRICAN GOSPEL REVOLUTION

INTRODUCING DONALD QUAO’S “BOJI MONI OJI”-

THE BIRTH OF AFRICAN GOSPEL REVOLUTION

By Nii Commey

He possesses an exceptional quality, not only with his undilutedly delicious voice, but also with its choice of lyrics, his creation of suspense and attachment to his songs that makes you want more even when he is done singing; and how he is able to penetrate your soul to deposit his melody in there. To man, he might have kept too long in releasing his first track, but divinely, I am convinced this is the appointed time to experience the new revolution in African Gospel Music

Ladies and Gentlemen help me introduce Minister Donald Quao and his revolutionary single track,

“Boji Moni Oji”, a Ga phrase that exalts the capacity of God’s incomprehensible self,

meaning You are who You are.

I have had the privilege to listen to this song,

and I was overwhelmed by the addictiveness of the song.

You are likely to be caught unaware  humming or whispering this song even at board meetings,

or while washing. The alloy of English and Ga languages makes the track transgenerational.

It underlines the adage that quality music has no language  

Minister Donald possesses the quality of a contemporary minister of gospel music.

The story Boji Moni Oji stems from Exodus 3, when Moses had an encounter with God in the burning

bush. As God prepared him to use for Israel’s deliverance from the fangs of the Egyptians,

he curiously asked God how he should address Him(God) before Pharaoh and God said,

“I am that I am”. So, in a direct conversation with God, Minister Donald exalts the name of

God and all that He is.

I believe this song has come in an epoch where the world celebrates and magnifies the abnormal.

Its, therefore a song  that will lift your soul up, give you a strong optimism in spite of the seemingly

tough times the world finds itself now. The song again assures the listener that all problems are

ephemeral, and that fidelity and focus on the miracle working God is what will sustain us.

You are about to be transformed and catapulted into another realm in every department of your life.

Get ready!

In description, Donald is a minister that possess a quintessential ability of a gospel singer,

with a desire and posture to move the heart and hand of God. His lyrics, from observation come
naturally, probably out his worship or quiet time with God.  You’ve got to encounter a live worship
with him, since the sweetness of the pudding is in the eating. But before you eat that pudding,
let me whet your appetite.

Without any comparative analysis, I am confident that Donald has come to paradigmatically shoot

African gospel to the level that will awaken the spirit of the world, speak to lost souls,

revive slumbering believers, remind us of the God we serve, magnify His bulkiness, and proclaim

the gorgeousness of His talent in us. This is a song that will be relished by anybody irrespective of

tribe or country. Donald typifies contemporary African music. He is a believer of the African and that

Africa is definitely the future of the world.

So, are you troubled; are you down. Do you need spirt upliftment? Its time for you to uplift your

spirit and be steadfast in your faith. Its time to, in spite of all the predicaments, come to God, lift up

your hands, stamp your feet, raise your voice and begin to exalt His name and tell Him

“Your kingdom never ends, for You are who You are”. Boji moni Oji!