Xuman

Xuman: Mocking the Powerful

By Jenny Fatou Mbaye on November 2, 2017

By Jenny Fatou Mbaye and Aisha Deme on 2 November 2017 in VIDEO

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.

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Rapping the News in Senegal

By Aisha Deme on October 31, 2017

By Aisha Deme and Jenny Fatou Mbaye on 31 October 2017 in VIDEO

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 | Leave a response

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