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African Underground Vol 1 - Hip Hop - Senegal |
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Why is hip hop so popular in Africa? How does it relate to local culture? In 2000, the rappers helped to oust Abdou Diouf in the first peaceful democratic election ever in Senegal Generally speaking, most African counties have some sort of oral tradition which is accompanied by a beat and little else. Because of this, it has led to a much more widespread acceptance and intergration of American hip hop in Africa. In Senegal, for example, they have an oral spoken word poetry called Tallif which has been around for 1,000 years! Hip hop has also been used as a tool for the youth of Senegal to engage in a meaningful dialogue with their elders and politicians about their displeasure with their country's political and religious leaders. Prior to the emergence of a hip hop culture in Senegal, it was not quite acceptable to use music as a form of political protest especially for the youth. With the rise in popularity of local, socially-concious hip hop groups, the MCs have become more outspoken than any other musical movement in Senegalese history. The result was overwhelming when, in 2000, the rappers helped to oust Abdou Diouf in the first peaceful democratic election ever in Senegal. What does African hip hop have to teach everyone else? Music can challenge power, educate and awaken minds as well as entertain. Africans have gone though so many struggles from the beginning of the Middle Passage to the present. In spite of the wreckage that colonization wrought, as well as the subsequent dictatorships, civil wars and AIDS, Africans have learned to use hip hop as a tool to express themselves and create their own unique subcultures. Hip hop in Africa is more than just entertainment, it is a tool for self expression and cultural survival. How are you going to top Vol. 1? (Senegal is surely unique?) We have plans to work in a number of different countries over the next few years and hopefully we will have a number for different African Underground series available by the end of 2005. We've already finished our follow-up session for Senegal and we have over 50 tracks recorded and ready to be picked for our next Hip-Hop Senegal! African Underground Vol 1 - Hip Hop - Senegal was released on Nomadic Wax August 11, 2004 and will be available for download this autumn. Tracks --Image © Nomadic Wax LLC 2003/2004-- |
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COMMENTS looking for partners there in africa… partners to play aand sell our Music…and to get your music played and sold here in the usa… and world interested write cool maean vive le hip hop vive underground hey what sap this is your home boy malik the african king i am from senegal now live in usa richmond va and looking for senegalais parteners to rap with .holla back call me i’m a m.c and i smoke cat’s 0738107235 not think i smoke cats find out for your self if you tight like me im a Battle M.C senegal is coming hard !!! king malik i am a hip hop producer in new jersey and i would like to send some of my beats to be played in sengal my e-mail address is // williamgupton@hotmail.com thank you olá sou do Brasil e vivo em Salvador a maior cidade negra fora da Africa , tenho um grupo de rap chamado HUN ( hiphop underground nordestino) e estamos fazendo uma demo e gostaria de ter umas participações de fora, viajando pelo site mim interecei em convidar vcs para participar do cd , aguardo noticias, obrigado. Whats up fam? I live in u.s.a and I’m trying to connect with some hip hop heads from the Mother Land. If you love hip hop email me at coatscoveru@yahoo.com I’m a rapper. hi wassup world it’s noyzup up in here straight outta P.A dakar senegal looking for real heads to link with speacially beat makers from OVERSEAS.I’m a rap preformer ex member of alienzik now doing my solo thangs.hope to heard from some real dudes soon.peace out hip hop 4 life my email is noyzup@hotmail.com |
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