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African Underground Vol 1 - Hip Hop - Senegal |
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Please note this is an old page and Fly Global Music has now moved. Please follow this link and search for the entry in the new site. 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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