Democracy in Dakar at the Toronto African Film & Music Festival
August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment
TAFMF is dedicated to celebrating African culture and history. TAFMF showcases the works of filmmakers and musicians from over 50 countries, in Africa, with the emphasis on film and music produced within the African continent.
MASHOKO! THE SPOKEN WORD EVENT
August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment
MAGAMBA PRESENTS…
MASHOKO! THE SPOKEN WORD EVENT
22 AUGUST 2009
3PM TILL AFTER 6PM
FREE ENTRY
MANNENBERG JAZZ CLUB
FIFE AVENUE SHOPS
FEATURING…
THE PEOPLES PODIUM
MASHOKO YOUTH
P.S.P
BATSIRAI
UPMOST AND STAN
OUTSPOKEN AND THE ESSENCE(straight from bushfire festival swaziland)
COMRADE FATSO AND CHABVONDOKA(straight from south african festivals and shows)
“OUR WORD IS OUR WEAPON”
Breaking News!!
Magamba now has a partnership with The Lounge, Bulawayo’s premier spoken word event. So each month will alternate between having artists from The Lounge at Mashoko and vice versa. Through the exchange we aim to strengthen the two cities’ radical minds and to inspire new, cutting edge poetry. Coz our words are our only weapons, comrades!
Estillo Hip-Hop at The Maysles
August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment
ESTILO HIP HOP chronicles the lives of Eli Efi, Guerrillero Okulto, and Magia, three hip hop activists from Brazil, Chile and Cuba who firmly believe that hip hop can change the world. These three inspirational leaders mobilize young people to become politically active. However as the stakes assume greater risks, the leaders are faced with challenges and have to make life-altering decisions that ultimately impact the course of their lives and of the hip hop movement.
Loira Limbal, Vee Bravo (2009) 56 Min
The Maysles Cinema
343 Malcolm X Blvd.
(Between 127th and 128th Street)
Mayslesinstitute.org
For Reservations:
Cinema@mayslesinstitute.org
or
212-582-6050
$10 Suggested Donation
Heal The Hood Breakdance Competition in South Africa
August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Heal the Hood (www.healthehood.org) is putting on the First Ever All-African Breakdancing Championships in Cape Town next week, and the winning team will be sent to Germany to compete in the World Championships. Please consider purchasing tickets for youth and their family members who otherwise could not afford to attend. Each ticket is 50 Rands, which is the equivalent of a little more than $6. You can purchase tickets at http://www.computicket.com/web/event/african_hip_hop_indaba/18903599 .
Eternia to Rock with MC Lyte Sept 4th!
August 19, 2009 | 1 Comment
She just doesn’t stop! 
One of our favorite MCs is back again but this time at Sputnik in Brooklyn with none other than MC Lyte! Big up!
Check the info below!
Surprise Screening of Democracy in Dakar in NYC – Aug 15th
August 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Our friends at the Maysles Theater in Harlem will be screening Democracy in Dakar this Saturday! Check below for more info:
Saturday,
August 15
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Homegrown Hip-Hop from Ghana Hits the Bronx!
August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment
West Africa has a long-standing tradition of traveling storytellers known as Griots (pronounced GREE oh), who combine poetry, music, and oral history. In Ghana, a group of young Africans are continuing this legacy and have captured the attention of international audiences.
Zimbabwe meets Namibia at House of NsAkO
August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Friday the 7th of August sees Africa’s young music exports putting their beloved countries on the spot in South Africa. The two talented musicians have toured extensively in the African Continent and abroad selling Africa’s music to the masses. The great musicians in question are Elemotho from Namibia and Comrade Fatso & Chabvondoka from Zimbabwe. Houses of NsAkO, which is cosy and nicely decorated with African accessories, will be roaring like a true African Lion when these two young men get on stage.
Award-winning documentary about youth, hip hop, and politics in Senegal to be screened July 23
July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Ground-breaking film Democracy in Dakar bridges the gaps between hip hop activism, video journalism and documentary film.
Brooklyn, NY—On July 23, the 92YTribeca will host a sneak preview of the groundbreaking documentary Africa Underground: Democracy in Dakar, a film about the role of musical activism in the Senegalese political process. The documentary exposes audiences to a gritty, raw side of Senegalese music and politics, through youth hip hop culture.
Using hip hop music as the primary storytelling device, Democracy in Dakar chronicles the lived experience on the streets of Dakar before and after the controversial 2007 presidential elections. The film follows rappers, DJs, journalists, professors, and others, intimately capturing the fluidity and intensity of emotion surrounding the controversial election.
Education Meets Hip-Hop in Trinity International Hip-Hop Festival
March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment
PRESS RELEASE
Rising Star will Headline Biggest International Hip-Hop Festival in U.S.
Education meets hip-hop in Trinity International Hip-Hop Festival
Hartford, Conn., Mar. 4, 2009 – Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. announces the fourth annual Trinity International Hip-Hop Festival, the first and largest international hip-hop festival in the United States, on April 3rd and 4th, 2009.
This year, the popular festival is headlined by K’naan, the fastest rising star in international hip-hop. The Somali emcee spent the last two years touring the world with Damian and Stephen Marley. K’naan’s vividly spoken images of war-torn Somalia and his fierce criticism of American gangster rap has garnered him appearances on BET, MTV, the Jimmy Kimmel Show, and collaborations with Mos Def and M1 of dead prez. With two independently released albums under his belt, K’naan signed with A&M/Octone in 2008 and released Troubadour in February 2009.
An accomplished group of international performers and academia will support K’naan and participate with attendees though workshops, panel discussions and films throughout the festival.
A panel discussion entitled Stereotypes in Hip Hop features Trinity College professors Gail Woldu, author of The Words and Music of Ice Cube, and Emily Musil, Coordinator of African Studies and Co-Chair of the President’s Colloquia “Hip Hop: Roots, Race, Rights.” Stanford’s Angela Steele will present her Fulbright research, Rap in China – In Search of a Hip-Hop Hero. Steele spent a year in China immersed in the emerging hip-hop scene and looking for the leaders who will form hip-hop culture in the world’s most populated country.
New York’s Hired Gun and Washington, D.C.’s Princess of Controversy will host two nights of performances featuring K’naan, Poetic Pilgrimage (UK), Blitz the Ambassador, Mohammed Yahya (UK), BeatburgerBand (Czech Republic), African Underground All-Stars (Senegal), Mr. Reo (Haiti), and Game Rebellion (Brooklyn, New York). Dj Craig G of Hartford’s Hot 93.7 hosts the afterparty on Friday night, and DJ Boo of the Juggaknots hosts the Saturday night afterparty.
The Trinity festival will screen one of 2008’s biggest hip-hop films, Planet B-Boy, a look at five international break dancing crews as they prepare for the world dance championship Battle of the Year in Germany. For the second consecutive year, the festival also will hold a 2-on-2 b-boy battle with a $500 grand prize. This year there will be several new workshops including a beatboxing workshop with Czech Republic’s world champion beatboxers, BeatBurgerBand, and a freestyle rhyming workshop with New York emcee Hired Gun. Graffiti artists will be painting murals all day as a backdrop for the workshops and b-boy battle.
The Spread the Word Tour has added Trinity Hip-Hop Festival to their schedule, which includes performances by two leading protest bands from Zimbabwe, Comrade Fatso & Chabvondoka, and Outspoken and The Essence. The foremost political activist musical group in Southern Africa, and specifically in Zimbabwe, gives the festival attendees extremely rare access to youth activists that live and work on the ground in Zimbabwe. Comrade Fatso blogs for CNN.com about politics and conditions in Zimbabwe
(http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/14/zimbabwe.blog/index.html). The Mugabe regime has banned their albums from Zimbabwe.
The festival will also include a screening of Fangafrika, an African Francophone documentary set during a hip-hop festival in Burkina Faso that gathered a who’s who of African hip-hop addressing the serious issues facing Africans everywhere. The films directors will be on hand for a discussion of activism and education in West African hip-hop. Poetic Pilgrimage, a female Muslim duo from London, will host a discussion about Gender and Sexuality in the Middle East.
Festival Sponsors include Trinity College, Nomadic Wax, The Temple of Hip-Hop (Trinity College Chapter), World Hip Hop Market, and the Greater Hartford Arts Council. Pre-registration is required, and will take place the day of the event at Gallows Hill next to the Austin Arts Center on the campus of Trinity College.
This event is free and open to the public. For more details, directions, and schedule information, visit http://trinityhiphop.org. For more on the headliner, K’Naan, visit, www.myspace.com/knaanmusic. For questions, contact Zee Santiago at zee.santiago@gmail.com or 917-637-9004, or Greg Schick at greg@worldhiphopmarket.com or 404-797-9234.
