By Jenny Fatou Mbaye on November 2, 2017
By Jenny Fatou Mbaye and Aisha Deme on 2 November 2017 in
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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.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Aisha Deme, Dakar, Formidable, Jenny Fatou Mbaye, Journal Rappé, JTR, Karim Wade, Money, Music and Politics, Parody, Power, Protest, Seismographic Sounds, Senegal, Xuman |
By Aisha Deme on October 31, 2017
By Aisha Deme and Jenny Fatou Mbaye on 31 October 2017 in
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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.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Aisha Deme, corruption, Dakar, Fass, Formidable, Hip Hop, Jenny Fatou Mbaye, Journal Rappé, JTR, Karim Wade, Keyti, Money, Music and Politics, Parody, Power, Protest, Seismographic Sounds, Senegal, Xuman |
By Benjamin LeBrave on March 18, 2016
By Benjamin LeBrave on 18 March 2016 in
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Another track from the 1+1 recording week in Lomé, Togo. Furthermore Benjamin LeBrave, founder of the Akwaaba record label in Accra, talked to 1+1 featured artist Yao Bobby about state pressure and his way to keep on standing straight.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged 1+1, 1+1 Season 1, 1n1, 1plus1, Agbovon Mak, Ahavi Kodzo, Ahouandjogbe Gaétan, Akwaaba, Ali Bawa, Art Melody, Awadi, Awareness, Benjamin Lebrave, Colibri Studios, Conscious Hip Hop, echochamber, Edgar Sekloka, Elom 20ce, Ewe, Gweta, Hip Hop, Ispasskoi?, Joe Dama, Joey le Soldat, Kilode, Kossi Mawun, Lomé, Nomadic Wax, Norient, Rap, RFI, Rodrigue Ade, Roger Damawuzan, Simon Grab, Smarty, Sound Development, Tata Pound, Togo, Wihelmine Harlley, Xuman, Yao Bobby |
By Jenny Fatou Mbaye on May 27, 2015
By Jenny Fatou Mbaye on 27 May 2015 in
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Dive into the Sounds of Senegal, where the one are praising our mothers and women and the other gathering many of the creative and cultural entrepreneurs who make Dakar’s city hip and happening.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Amdy, Awadi, Bouba Kirikou, Daara J Family, Dakar, Henguilla, Henri Guillabert, Jenny Fatou Mbaye, JTR, Natti Jean, P.P.S. The Writah, PPS The Writah, Senegal, series-5-videoclips, series: 5 video clips from..., Souleymane Faye, Takeifa, The Dance Hall, Toure Kunda, Xalam, Xouman, Xuman |
By Norient on January 27, 2015
By Norient on 27 January 2015 in
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Norient is looking back on four days full of music, emotions, screenings, encounters and live performances in Bern and for the first time in St. Gallen. A review in pics, videos and tweets.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged 6. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Africa, Andreas Johnsen, Anna Trechsel, bee-flat, Bernard Clarke, Bollywood, Café-Bar Turnhalle, Cairo, Canada, Central Africain Republic, Christian Krebs, Claire Dix, Costello, Couleur 3, Daniel Künzler, Daniel Ziv, Dänu Bill, Denmark, Der Freitag Morgen, Dynamike, Egypt, Eslam Abdelfattah, Finland, Gaza, Germany, Gilles Aubry, Hannes Liechti, Hip Hop, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Irena Germano, Islam Chipsy, James Costello, Javier Polo, Jean-Marc Baehler, Journal Rappé, Kidd Life, Kino in der Reitschule, KulturStattBern, Lisa Fruchtman, Los Angeles, Luke Bennett, Mahmoud Refat, Matthew F. Smith, Megafon, Michael Obert, Mladen Kovacevic, Mohamed Karam, Monzer Darwish, Nicholas Westwood Kidd, Norient Musikfilm Festival, Paco Wanga Manzanares, Palace St. Gallen, PROGR, Radio RaBe, Reitschule Bern, Republik Kalakuta, Rob Fruchtman, Roland Fischer, Rwanda, Sandra Passaro, Senegal, Serbia, Simon Krahl, Spain, Speedee, Switzerland, Syria, Theresa Beyer, Thomas Burkhalter, Transforma, Xuman, Yro, Zuri Maria Daiss |
By Georg Milz on January 14, 2015
By Georg Milz on 14 January 2015 in
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In seiner satirischen Nachrichtensendung Journal Rappé macht der senegalesische Rapper Xuman News aus Politik, Religion und Sport strassenkompatibel. Mit seinen Videos ist er zu Gast am 6. Norient Musikfilm Festival in Bern.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged 6. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Abdoulaye Wade, Dakar, Djily Bagdad, Journal Rappé, Kanal 2STV, Karim Wade, Keyti, Music and Satire, Senegal, stromae, Xuman |
