- CASTELLAMMARE DI STABIA, 14 NOV - He fled violence and
poverty in Nigeria and he escaped again from Libya. Then he
reached Italy, on a boat, where - he recounts - "I saw children
taken away from their mothers and thrown into the sea to ease
the ship's weight". Abdul, his stage name is Maestros, is 25
years old. Those images while crossing the Mediterranean, he
admits, he will never be able to forget. But he has tried to
change the course of his destiny. Today, on social media, his
journey as songwriter begins with the tun Rock and his first
video clip, realized by Movieland.
His is the story of a survivor. It talks about the crossing
"many were abandoned at sea, among them many children of all
ages, a way to force even mother to jump over board out of
desperation". He managed to arrive in Lampedusa and was
transferred to shelter in Naples. Then, little by little, he
started to pick himself up. "I wanted to find work" says Abdul.
Along his journey he met Salvatore Suarato, the owner of the
Greenland agritourism of Castellaare di Stabia (Naples) and of
the movie production house Movieland who offered him a job.
"He is a young man full of resources - says Suarato - he
surprised me for his determination to be active. He has been
working with me for almost two years, and now he is one of the
family. Despite the atrocious experiences he lived and the
difficulties, I am amazed at how joyful he is. And he is a true
talent". Maestros writes songs in Afrobeat style, a genre
similar to pop, very popular in Africa.
Here in Italy he had the opportunity to record some songs.
The first one is "Rock", where he recounts the story of two
fiances, who are initially by their status and appearance but
they later get together as they discover the true values and
feelings. The song has its own first video which was filmed
along the Vesuvius coastline. But among the songs that he has
written and sung, Maestros there is also "My world", a real
voyage that has brought Abdul to Italy. The launch of the first
song does not come at a happy moment however. The young Nigerian
man does not hide his sadness: "That journey is terrible, many
don't make it but it is the only way to try to escape death.
Today, thanks to Salvatore Suarato, I have a job and I was able
to make my dream come true, create music".
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