Jaak – Afrika(ans)

By Norient on June 4, 2010

By Michael Spahr on 4 June 2010 in AUDIO

Jaak is from Paarl, the town where the Taalmonument (Language Monument) for Afrikaans is standing. He grew up on the ‘wrong side’ of town though – as he says: in the projects in Paarl East. Even though many people still consider Afrikaans the language of apartheid, he raps in his language. Small wonder, today more non-white South Africans speak Afrikaans. The flows are beautiful. His new album ‘Flêtse Maniere’ and all the tracks can be listened to here. Download the record for the price of your own choice.
More Afrikaans Hip Hop can be found on the label Pioneer Unit.

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Michael Spahr

Michael Spahr is a web editor of norient.com. He is the co-director of the Norient Musikfilm Festival. He is a media artist specialized in video art and audio-visual performances. He also directs and produces films. Michael Spahr has studied history, philosophy and media science in Bern (Switzerland) and Amsterdam (Netherlands). After his master’s degree at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam he started working for Dutch and Swiss TV companies. Since 2003 he has been running his own media and art companies. At the moment he works part-time as news editor for the community radio station Radio Bern RaBe.
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