Gidi Gidi finally reveals real reason for composing 'Unbwogable' song

Radio Jambo presenter and former musician Joseph Ogidi, popularly known as Gidi Gidi, has opened up about their famous song 'Unbwogable,' which they sang over two decades ago.

The song, which he performed alongside his Gidi Gidi Maji Maji group member, Julius Owino, aka Maji Maji, was heavily associated with politics, a matter that the morning show host on Radio Jambo, Gidi Gidi, now addresses to clarify.

"'Unbwogable' was made in 2002, during the 2002 elections. Many people associate it with that election period, although for us, it wasn't about the election," Gidi said in an interview with KTN Home.

The former musician revealed that the many hardships of life prompted him and Maji Maji to create the song, which gained immense popularity across Africa.

He explained that at the time, he was in university, and he and Maji Maji were struggling financially despite their efforts in music.

"I was at KCA University. Maji Maji came to me and asked, 'What shall we do now? We just released an album, but we're still not making money.'

I had decided to return to school and continue my education; I was already discouraged and had said I didn't want to do music anymore.

But Maji Maji kept insisting, 'Let's just do it.' Then I told Maji, 'I think we're Unbwogable. I am unbwogable.' It was more about motivating ourselves," he said.

'Bwogo' is a Luo word meaning 'to scare,' so 'Unbwogable' was intended to mean 'you cannot scare me.'

Gidi also celebrated the fact that the motivational song they made became so popular that even politicians adopted it for their political use.

"Politicians embraced it.. It was played on all radio stations. There are many stories about that song that I can't even tell," he said.

The former singer also mentioned that the song earned them significant respect in the global music industry, revealing that they even received a call from the international music company, Galo Records, which spoke to them about how African urban music was about to take off.