Monday, April 15th, 2013
Senegal’s rapper-activists recently collaborated on a new single in support of Amnesty International’s campaign against impunity in the country. The human rights advocacy organization launched the campaign to draw attention to the fact that there has been no justice for those who died during the 12-year regime of former President Abdoulaye Wade especially during the
Monday, February 13th, 2012
For some odd reason the latest issue of The New Yorker ran a profile of rapper Rick Ross. Lots of good, clever writing by Sasha Frere Jones on familiar controversies about Ross (for example, Frere Jones calls...
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
Gebaste Rhymes sent us a link to his single ‘Kaap issie Bom’ , the first single off One Day Vol. 1. The full album (or audio hip-hopumentary) will be out later in 2012...
Saturday, October 15th, 2011
Tonight, the Afrikaaps crew, the South African musical about the history of the Afrikaans language, dedicated their last show in Holland to slain rapper Mr Devious; Michael Miranda, Shaun Magmoed and Jonathan Claasen, the three youngsters who died...
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
What happens? An 8-track remix compiled from “… dozens of hand-picked samples from the Nigerian instrumentalist and political figure Fela Kuti, and 8 carefully-chosen acapellas from the Native Tongue rap trio De La Soul” called Fela Soul. The...
Egyptian Graffiti and Gender Politi...
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Nigerian Internet Speak
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The Good Guys
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Baloji on Tour
13 Jul 2011 at 3:05 pm
Africa’s billionaires are a nationa...
15 Jan 2013 at 6:00 am
Dutch writer to Italian newspaper: ...
20 Feb 2013 at 9:00 am
The Legacy of Nat Nakasa
12 Jul 2012 at 5:04 am
“This is My Route!” Race, Entitleme...
15 Oct 2012 at 1:00 am
The Trouble with the Nigeria Prize ...
22 Nov 2012 at 7:30 am
