By Jesse Weaver Shipley on April 15, 2017
By Jesse Weaver Shipley on 15 April 2017 in
VIDEO
The song «BRKN LNGWJZ» and its video announce the FOKN Bois as critical, global, political, and absurdist hip hop voices. It marks the birth of international pidgin rap not only as a style once can dance to, but as a modernist multi-media art form.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged BRKN LNGWJZ, Coz Ov Moni, Exotica, FOKN Bois, Ghana, Hip Hop, Hustling, Jesse Weaver Shipley, M3nsa, Parody, Pidgin, Seismographic Sounds, Smoothe Da Hustler, Wanlov The Kubolor |
By Mutombo da Poet on April 13, 2017
By Mutombo da Poet on 13 April 2017 in
VIDEO
When «BRKN LNGWJZ» by the Ghanaian rap duo FOKN Bois was released, I had to watch the video over and over again. It was different from what I have seen in other videos by Ghanaian artists. A commentary.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Accra, BRKN LNGWJZ, church, FOKN Bois, Ghana, Hip Hop, M3nsa, Mutombo da Poet, Parody, religion, Seismographic Sounds, Wanlov The Kubolor |
By Maame Adjei on April 12, 2017
By Maame Adjei and Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 12 April 2017 in
AUDIO
«It’s like a deformed anger which comes out us», says Wanlov the Kubolor, one half of the Ghanaian rap duo FOKN Bois. With his musical partner M3nsa he talks about their visions and their way of doing art in a religious context.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Blasphemy, Exotica, FOKN Bois, Ghana, M3nsa, Maame Adjei, religion, Seismographic Sounds, Seismographic Sounds Podcasts, Thomas Burkhalter, Wanlov The Kubolor, YouTube |
By Norient on March 19, 2017
By Norient on 19 March 2017 in
VIDEO
«contradict» is a film of our time. Mirroring a world, in which Asia and Africa formulate ideas and trends for tomorrow and might replace Europe and the US as global centers soon. By Peter Guyer (Recycled TV) and Thomas Burkhalter (Norient).
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Accra, Adua no Ebu, Africa, africanhiphop, Afropop, Afropop Worldwide, Akwaaba music, Alive Chapel International, Azonto Ghost, Benjamin LaBrave, Benjamin Lebrave, Bisa Kdei, church, Coz Ov Moni, Coz Ov Moni II, DJ Black, documentary, Documentary Film, Dossier World Music 2.0, Elishah Salifu Amoako, Eugene Hoggar, Florian Carl, Georg Milz, Ghana, Ghone TV, Glo Mobile, Highlife, Hiplife, Jazz Cosmopolitanism in Accra, Jesse Weaver Shipley, Joy FM, King Luu, Lynx Entertainment, M3nsa, Mutambo Da Poet, Mutombo da Poet, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, Nathan Plagman, Nii Ayite Hammond, Nkasei, Panji Anoff, Parody, Peter Guyer, Recycled TV, religion, Sister Deborah, Stefan Franzen, Steven Feld, Thomas Burkhalter, Wanlov The Kubolor, World Music 2.0, Yaa Pono |
By Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah on January 11, 2014
By Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah on 11 January 2014 in
STORIES
Saturday, January 11th 2014: Norient Musicfilm Festival. «Coz Ov Moni II» is the 2nd pigdin musical in African history. The FOKN Bois from Ghana are commenting on their country: congregational chapels, commercialization, corruption.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 5. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Accra, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Awal, corruption, Count Dracula, Coz of Moni, coz of moni II, Dzorwolu, FOKN Bois, Ghana, Glen, Grace Aba Ayensu, Graf Dracula, HipHop, homophobia, Homophobie, Jamestown, Korruption, Kwaku Ananse, Kwam 1, M3nsa, Macho Rapper, Music and Satire, MUSIGA, Mutombo da Poet, Nana Darkoa, Norient Musikfilm Festival, Sankwas Bois, Tema, Wanlov The Kubolor, Yaa Pono |
By Norient on May 29, 2013
By Norient on 29 May 2013 in
EVENTS
Thomas Burkhalter und Michael Spahr von Norient zeigten bei den Wiener Festwochen ihre Lieblings-Musikfilme und mixten auf Ö1 schrille Musik, live Skype-Interviews from around the globe und Norient-Geschichte(n).
Posted in EVENTS | Tagged Aaron Aites, Alessandro Negrini, Audrey Ewell, Black Metal, Coz of Moni, Emmanuel Owusu‐Bonsu, Ghana, Hip Hop, Irland, M3nsa, Mensa Ansah, Michael Spahr, Music and Politics, Norient Musikfilm Festival, Norwegen, Out of the Absurdity of Life, Paradiso, Thomas Burkhalter, Until the Light Takes Us, Wanlov The Kubolor, Wiener Festwochen |
By Georg Milz on May 16, 2012
By Georg Milz on 16 May 2012 in
BLOG
Wo liegt die Grenze des guten Geschmacks? Die Texte der ghanischen Rap-Combo FOKN Bois sind kontrovers und drehen sich meist um das eine: Sex. Politisches Statement oder bloss Provokation?
Posted in BLOG | Tagged 2. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Africa, Al Quaida, Boko Haram, England, FOKN Bois, Gender, Ghana, Hip Hop, Kano, M3nsa, Nigeria, Rap, Sexin Islamic Girls, USA, Wanlov The Kubolor |
By Norient on January 14, 2012
By Norient on 14 January 2012 in
VIDEO
The FOKN Bois are documenting their adventures in a Swiss tour videoblog. The Rappers from Ghana have been invited to Switzerland by Norient for the 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival. They performed in Nyon, Zurich and Bern.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2012, Africa, Afro Pop Live, bee-flat, Documentary Film, Europe, Filewile, FOKN Bois, Ghana, La Parenthèse, M3nsa, Norient, Pidgen, PROGR Bern, Switzerland, Turnhalle, Wanlov The Kubolor |
By Stefan Franzen on January 14, 2012
By Stefan Franzen on 14 January 2012 in
VIDEO
«Coz Ov Moni» («Wegen dem Geld») ist das erste Pidgin-Musical der afrikanischen Filmgeschichte. – Am 15.1.2012 am 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival in Bern.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2012, Africa, Coz Ov Moni, Documentary Film, Dossier World Music 2.0, Emmanuel Owusu-Bonsu, Ghana, James Joyce, M3nsa, Mensa Ansah, Music and Satire, Ulysses, Wanlov The Kubolor, World Music 2.0 |
By Stefan Franzen on January 14, 2012
By Stefan Franzen on 14 January 2012 in
STORIES
Wanlov The Kubolor, ghanaisch-rumänischer Herkunft, läuft barfuss durch die Strassen Accras mit Rastamähne und Rock, eckt in TV-Sendungen an und schockiert durch spielerisch-derbes Vokabular. Im Januar 2012 tritt er drei Mal in der Schweiz auf.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged „Coz Ov Moni“, 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2012, Accra, Africa, Emmanuel Owusu-Bonsu, FOKN Bois, Ghana, Hiplife, Irie Maffia, M3nsa, Osibisa, Pidgen, Pidgin, Pidgin Music, Tumi Ebo Ansah, Wanlov The Kubolor |
By Norient on January 13, 2012
By Norient on 13 January 2012 in
EVENTS
Norient, the network for local and global sounds and media culture, is organising the 4rd Norient Music Film Festival in Bern, Switzerland, from 10th to 13th January 2013.
Posted in EVENTS | Tagged 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2012, Alessandro Negrini, bee-flat, Bern, Björn Reinhardt, Club Bonsoir, Derry, Documentary Film, Eckehard Pistrick, Film Festival, FOKN Bois, Gazelle, Jennifer Needleman, Josh Asen, Kino in der Reitschule, Kitaa Bey-Route, M3nsa, Mc Mo Laudi, Norient Musikfilm Festival, PROGR, Roy Arbuckle, Stéphane Thibault, Turnhalle, Wanlov The Kubolor, Xander Ferreira |
By Stefan Franzen on March 9, 2011
By Stefan Franzen on 9 March 2011 in
STORIES
Mit der aktuellen Afrofunk-Welle trifft auch die Musik aus dem Ghana der 1970er wieder ans europäische Ohr. Im Land selbst kümmern die alten Helden jedoch fast niemanden – dort regiert der Hiplife.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged „Coz Ov Moni“, 1960s, 1970s, AB Crentsil, Accra, Ade Bantu, Africa, Afrofunk, Ameyaw Debrah, Analog Africa, Apagya Show Band, Atongo Zimba, BAPMAF, Blue Monks, Bokoor African Music Archives Foundation, C.K.Mann, Dossier World Music 2.0, Ebo Taylor, Frank Gossner, Ghana, Hiplife, Jama, Jay Q, John Collins, King Ayisoba, Kwabena Kwabena, M3nsa, Miles Cleret, Mr. Black, Obour, Ofori Amponsah, Out of the Absurdity of Life, Pat Thomas, Psychedelic Music, Rocky Dawuni, Samy Ben Rejeb, Sidney, Soundway, voodoofunk, Wanlov The Kubolor |
