Simon Akindes

Singing Against Corruption

By Simon A. Akindes on March 31, 2017

By Simon A. Akindes on 31 March 2017 in STORIES

When African musicians denounce corruption in music videos, they often focus on its pettiness. Seun Kuti and Fiesta Black are two examples of artists who also tackle international, corporate-based corruption.

Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Africa, BAE Systems, benin, Black Money, Change, corruption, Corruption Watch, Dead Prez, Fela Kuti, Fiesta Black, How to Rob Africa, IMF, ITT, Money, music video, Nawaberu Primary School Choir, Nigeria, Porto-Novo, Protest, Seismographic Sounds, Seun Kuti, Simon Akindes, South Africa, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Uganda, United States Agency for International Development, USAID | Leave a response

cancelled:
June 22, 2017, 18h @ Norient Office Bern
Kulturzentrum PROGR Bern, Atelier #361
New Tracks and Songs
selected by Norient & Tonspuren
more dates 2017: 31.8., 21.9., 19.10., 23.11., 21.12.
June 26, 2017 @ DIY Space for London – Presentation + DJ-Set «Gqom Edits»
June 26, 2017 @ Universität Kassel
Paper «Sampling Politics» at the
19th Biennial IASPM Conference
July 14, 2017 @ TU Berlin – PhD Workshop
«Cut’n’Paste Culture – Sample-based Pop Music and its Analysis» feat. Bonaventure & Kabuki
September 1-10, 2017 @ Hochmoor Gais
1^st Klang-Moor-Schopfe
November 30 – December 2, 2017
@ University of Arts Bern
Research Symposium «The Future Sounds of Pop»
January 11 – 14, 2018 @ Reitschule Bern
9^th Norient Musikfilm Festival

June 23rd 2017

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