Author: arkohlberg
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Ready, Set, Launch: The Future of Africa
The avant-garde city of Berlin is not a place usually associated with Africa. Empires such as the French and British are more commonly connected to places such as Dakar and Nairobi. As influential as the colonial powers were, however, Berlin has one of the strongest connections to the continent because of the Berlin Conference of
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A Platform for Good
By the end of Sister Fa’s Milyamba music video you can practically feel the sweat dripping through the display. If monitors were capable of transporting mass from one location to another, Milyamba would have brought a deluge of blood, sweat, and tears from Senegal onto your lap. The artist, Sister Fa, has enough life experience
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Sexion d’Assaut Believes The Fight for Equality is Worth Orating
People like to think that global society provides equal opportunity to all citizens of the world. People also like to give themselves a pat on the back for how far society has come in this fight, citing the end of slavery, the elimination of Jim Crow laws, and the defeat of other discriminatory regulations. As
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Keur Gui is Fed Up with the Status Quo
Keur Gui holds a special type of power in Senegal. Neither economic nor political, Keur Gui has a valuable type: influence of the youth. As one of the founding members of the “Y’en a Marre” movement in 2011 to inspire and mobilize Senegal’s youth against then President Abdoulaye Wade, the group secured its foothold in
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A Positive Vibe Brought to the Early Beginnings of Senegal’s Hip Hop Scene
Positive Black Soul, otherwise known as PBS, arose out of Dakar, Senegal in the late 1980s. After growing up in the bustling capital, PBS had the capacity to speak the truth about the hardships local Senegalese experienced, and had people listen. After all, their melodious chords, invigorated with fast-paced rap verses, are hard to forget.