The Catholic University of Eastern Africa, located in Nairobi, Kenya, has caused controversy by making a question about Nigerian musician Ayra Starr's song, "Rush," a compulsory question for second-year students in the Department of Marketing and Management.
According to reports, a Kenyan student expressed dissatisfaction on Twitter with their lecturer over the exam question. The student criticized the fact that a musician's song was the basis for a question, despite intensive study of other parts of the syllabus.
The student tweeted, "Imagine this, you’ve studied the whole semester for a unit depriving yourself of any form of entertainment even music and hujawai skia rush by ayra starr, you walk into an exam room and this is what you see."
The tweet sparked a debate on social media, with some people expressing surprise that a university would make a question about a musician's song a compulsory question on an exam. Others, however, defended the decision, arguing that it was an innovative way to test students' knowledge and understanding of marketing and management in the entertainment industry.
The incident has put Ayra Starr in the spotlight once again, with many people curious about the song "Rush" and its lyrics. Some have even suggested that the controversy may boost the singer's popularity in Kenya and other parts of Africa.
