Five for the weekend. I haven’t done this in a while. First up Philadelphians Chill Moody (rapper) and Cody Kahmar with the music video for “My Eyes”:
Malfred‘s reggae homage to Tanzanian mothers, “Asante Mama”:
Staying in East Africa, here’s new music from Uganda’s Maurice Kirya:
The Mexican-Ethiopian rapper Gonjasufi‘s video for “The Blame”:
And finally, any week of music breaks I’m involved in won’t be complete without some Nigerian-American pop:
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