Styler J and Le Var's Xquizit Poetry and Cipher

As per the norm in Zaria, the Xquizit Poetry and Cipher, a show slated for 6pm did not start till roughly 8.20pm. From what I gathered, this was the fault of the DJ, who even after all arrangements had been made, didn't arrive until it was almost 8pm.

The concept of the show was to get Ahmadu Bello University to appreciate fine poetry and a lil' bit of ciphers. The show, when it finally started, had poetry recitation and ciphers by the likes of Kheengz, Joshua and Ramoney (Our hosts), Aisha Yahya (SIFE ABU), Big Head Phones, Bobex, Inua Fari, Caleb and some other Creative Writers Club members, Six Zeroz, A-Fox, Beloved, etc.

The show was able to gather quite a bit of a crowd inclusive of quite a number of Kongo peepz. Unfortunately, the concept of fine poetry did not catch on quite a lot of peeps, which made the high points of the show the Ciphers and Rap Battle parts. If one were to stand outside and judge by the noise one expects to hear from events like this, you'll probably go away thinking there was a poor turnout.

The low point of the show, apart from the delayed start, was the fact that some poets kept forgetting their lines; then for the Ciphers, sometimes the beat was actually louder than the lyrics, leaving us blank on what they were actually saying.

All in all, twas a great show with a good turnout. The concept was on point even though it was wasted on a lot of peepz. Sorry to say, this just tells a lot of level of intelligence and lack of culture and sophistication of our students. At the end I remarked that Zaria people are not ready for this concept, & a guest replied that, "Zaria people are never ready for anything. Even if they do this show a million and on times, Zaria people won't still open up to it."