• Filmstill: Journal Rappé (Music) and Xuman (Video): «Formidable comme Karim Wade» (Senegal 2014)
    Xuman: Mocking the Powerful
    Commentary
    In this clip from the news show «Journal Rappé» from 2014 Senegalese hip hop pioneer Xuman used the famous hit «Formidable» by Stromae and turned it into a parody on a fallen local politician.
  • Filmstill: Journal Rappé (Music) and Xuman (Video): «Formidable comme Karim Wade» (Senegal 2014)
    Rapping the News in Senegal
    Commentary
    Since 2013 the Senegalese news show «Journal Rappé» merges rap with daily news. The concept of the two hip hop pioneers Keyti and Xuman is innovative and creative, as our authors think; and the means of parody has become crucial to the show.