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Hali Halisi: a documentary from 1999 on hip hop in Tanzania
Today in the Fifteen Years Africanhiphop.com series we bring a classic documentary that has been out of print for nearly ten years, though a low quality copy was available on Youtube in three…
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Brotha Onaci presents Radiant Souls mixtape volume 2
All the way from Philadelphia, USA is Brotha Onaci whose mixes we have been checking out over the past months. Through events like the Sonic Diaspora parties (started out in Chicago and soon coming…
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My Hip Hop: documentary on Cape Town hip hop & identity
The second release in the Africanhiphop.com 15 Years Online series is another short documentary from the Redefinition: African Hip Hop project. Produced by along with ‘100% Galsen‘ (Senegal) and the ‘Redefinition’ film about…
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Fifteen years Africanhiphop.com: 100% Galsen, a hip hop documentary made in Senegal
The Africanhiphop.com website was born on February 5, 1997 – exactly fifteen years ago today. Known back then as ‘Rumba-Kali home of Pan African Hip Hop’, the single page hosted by a free…
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‘Arab’ spring in Angola? Police respond with arrests and violence
For a while we were wondering which Sub-Saharan countries would follow after the Arab Spring civil uprisings changed the political map of northern Africa, but exactly one year after the Egyptian revolution started…
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Y’en A Marre & Elections in Senegal – African hip hop radio January 2012
Protests in Dakar, January 31 (AP Photo) In the first African hip hop radio show of 2012, and less than a week before Africanhiphop.com’s 15th anniversary online, dj Threesixty and presenters Amal &…
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Alesh – Reveil (the Awakening)
Alesh is one of our favorite new names on the Congo hip hop scene. The emcee/slam artist from Kisangani (eastern Congo) released his first album ‘Mort dans l’ame’ last year. ‘Bana Kin’ was…
K’naan & Nas – Nothing to lose
When we last spoke to K’naan he was in the middle of the World Cup tour, about to play a show for a Coca-Cola promotional event in the Ajax Arena stadium in Amsterdam….
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Y’en A Marre & Elections in Senegal – African hip hop radio January 2012
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African hip hop radio – December 2011 with Vieira
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Radio Vaults: December 2009 – Africanhiphopradio Live Sessions
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African Hip Hop Radio: Fully Loaded with Nneka & Sugu
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African Hip Hop Radio September 2010
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African hip hop radio: the World Cup edition
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The Return of African Hip Hop Radio
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Sugu, HHP, Geoffy G, M.anifest, Shenzy
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January 29, 2012Toni Blackman + Amkoullel
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December 11, 2011
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October 10, 2011
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February 15, 2012Zorbam All Stars release the Wa Wa Wa video
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February 13, 2012
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February 11, 2012
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February 10, 2012My Hip Hop: documentary on Cape Town hip hop & identity
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February 5, 2012
Fifteen years Africanhiphop.com: 100% Galsen, a hip hop documentary made in Senegal
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February 3, 2012
‘Arab’ spring in Angola? Police respond with arrests and violence
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January 29, 2012Fokn Bois – Brkn Lngwjz
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December 6, 2011
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October 3, 2011
Zorbam All Stars release the Wa Wa Wa video
Last month, Gabonese emcees Wendy, Lestat, Maat, Keza, and Lord Ekomy Ndong joined on a single track under the name of Zorbam All Stars. The track was dedicated to the ‘Pantheres‘ of Gabon,…
Duggy Tee – Teey La Tey
A new single and video from Duggy Tee, one of the grands seigneurs of Senegalese hip hop. Released just two weeks prior to the much discussed general elections, Duggy claims that ‘peace is…
Native Sun – Legacy: sound of the mbira
We have to admit, we love the sound of the mbira (thumb piano, also known as likembe or sanza). All the way from hearing it live to checking out the albums of Cameroonian…
‘Arab’ spring in Angola? Police respond with arrests and violence
For a while we were wondering which Sub-Saharan countries would follow after the Arab Spring civil uprisings changed the political map of northern Africa, but exactly one year after the Egyptian revolution started…
Sefyu – L’insecurité, second single from the album Oui je le suis
Sefyu, the Senegalese-French emcee (and a succesful soccer player in a previous life), released his new album ‘Oui je le suis’ in October 2011. After a first single, the uptempo ‘Turbo’ (with a…
Xuman & Cee Pee – Li lumu doon
In this new video by Xuman (Senegal) & Cee Pee (Mauritania), politicians and the current president Abdoulaye Wade in particular are called out about the issues that are plaguing the nation: ‘The country…
Fokn Bois – Brkn Lngwjz
photo by Matilda Egere-Cooper The Ghanian pidgin rap duo Fokn Bois, which consists of Wanlov da kubolor and M3nsa, recently released a video entitled Brkn Lngwjz (broken languages). The video portrays both MCs…
K’naan & Nas – Nothing to lose
When we last spoke to K’naan he was in the middle of the World Cup tour, about to play a show for a Coca-Cola promotional event in the Ajax Arena stadium in Amsterdam….
The Unseen Ones
Kurt Orderson is a young film maker hailing from Cape Town, South Africa. His first documentary ‘Definition of freedom’ (2004) highlighted the role hip hop played in the struggle against Apartheid, and in…
This Is Black History
October is Black History Month. From the UK comes this vid celebrating history with Jody McIntyre, Logic, Big Ben, Jaja Soze, bigCAKES, Genesis Elijah, MC D, Cerose, Big Frizzle, Wordplay, Haze, USG, Rodney…
Kin Mafia Style – Tokowa
A new video by KMS (Kin Mafia Style), one of the pioneering groups in hip hop from Congo Kinshasa. This song commemorates 50 years of independence in DR Congo.
Brotha Onaci presents Radiant Souls mixtape volume 2
All the way from Philadelphia, USA is Brotha Onaci whose mixes we have been checking out over the past months. Through events like the Sonic Diaspora parties (started out in Chicago and soon coming…
