With this live event coming up on Thursday with Nina Ogot, Winyo and Didge, I was going to write a post...
but then these lyrics from the song 'Nikie Kwe' seemed to say everything I would ever need to say and more...
Nitie Kwe
(scroll down for the video)
If we stay with loveIf we humble ourslevesIf we stay together...
pharmaceuticals, corruption and oscars...
“The world’s biggest drama is not found in Europe or the Middle East or North America – the world’s biggest challenges and dramas are found in Africa.”
Jan Egeland UN
Tremendous filmmaking talent from all over the globe, bought The Constant Gardener to our movie screens in 2005, combining – as only motion pictures can – adventure,...
What moments has time given you?
"I took the camera out to one of my trips and shot Lake Magadi in East Africa. A lovely silent place that makes you pause and take stock of the beauty of life"
For my followers who don't know the wonders of my home country, the otherworldly Lake Magadi lies in southern Great Rift Valley in the heart of Kenya's Maasi Land. The...
something from the vaults... 1998
Hip Hop artists Oteraw, Kama and Johny from Dandora Nairobi, formed Kalamashaka aka K-Shaka in the mid 90's. Kshaka went straight to No1 with this song Songa Hapa and stayed there. The song featured the sweet tones of Natasha Gatabaki. The understated beat, depth and contrasts in this song make it as potent now as it was then.
Artist:...
drumming on the border...
"On one of my trips to Africa I went up into a village on the Kenya Uganda border and recorded a 'jam session' put on for me by a group from the village.
Filming this made me think... What will happen to this generation of drummers in Africa? In Kenya there is no support for cultural projects and very soon players such as these will...
Hip-Hop has its roots in Africa
The importance of Hip-Hop in Kenya during the last 15 years...
"Hip-Hop has its roots in Africa, we cannot forget that. And African music was all about, especially, I would say Hip-Hop was very much the youth, the warrior, the young person, who's just broken into his youth and discovered that he's such a strong person and so on."
Tedd,...
Archive Radio Interview from 2003
Archive Radio Interview with Daniel Brown 2003
"On Tedd Josiah’s return from a stay in the US he opened his state-of-the-art Blu Zebra studio in Nairobi. We caught up with the mercurial producer there in July 2003 to discuss the state of Kenyan music." Daniel Brown
Tedd talks on the state of Kenyan music (interview part 1)
2003 interview...
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