Author: tabifan
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DJ Naida
DJ Naida, like MC Black Bird is based in Harare Zimbabwe, where she worked on the production side of music. But in 2006 pursued her studies in South Africa at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, where she developed her own musical interests. After she completed her degree, Naida returned to Zimbabwe, and on the zimfestlive.com
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Cleo Ice Queen
Clememtia Mulenga aka Cleo Ice Queen is a hip-hop artist that was born in Zambia. In a 2013 article on luskatimes.com some background regarding Cleo is provided. She is 22 years old and began listening to hip hop music at age 6, and started rapping herself when she was Zambia. 11 years old. In an
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Sister Fa
Fatou Diatta, aka Sister Fa is a Hip-Hop artist that was born in Dakar, Senegal. After reading about Senegal I was interested in exploring whether there were any female Hip-Hop artists there, and I discovered Sister Fa. In 2010, digitaljournal.com posted a profile of Sister Fa that described her as courageous and determined, considering she
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Princess Mwamba
Sarah Mwamba, aka Princess Mwamba was born in Zambia, on May 1990. She enjoyed music and dancing when she lived in Zambia with her family, but it was not until they moved to the U.S. that her serious interest in music developed. Princess Mwamba explains in an interview with lusakatimes.com that she began rapping in
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MC Black Bird
Nona Vundla aka MC Black Bird, was the first female to release a hip-hop album in Zimbabwe (guardian.co.uk). In a 2012 article on the internet site, reverbnation, Black Bird states she is a 28 year old single mother of 2 children. Her inspiration comes from women in various fields, but her main inspiration is from
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Tabi Bonney Bio
Tabi Bonney Biography Tabiabue Bonney (Tabi’s birthname)was born in 1977 in West Africa, in Lome, Togo. For the first 13 years of his life he traveled back and forth from Togo and Washington, D.C., where his mother is from. Tabi’s father was a popular music artist in Togo, who was exiled from Togo when Tabi
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Tabi Bonney Album Review – “The Summer Years”
This album is very diverse in its cuts, mostly due to the various other artists Tabi has collaborated with. There is nothing that I heard that relates to immigration. In my opinion immigration may not be central to his lyrics because he attended High School in Washington D.C., and does not necessarily connect strongly with
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Tabi Album Review – “Fresh” (2010)
The audience for this album seems to be mostly for the dance clubbers; although, as is the case with other Bonney albums there is such a variety it is difficult to put it in one category. Even though Bonney does not mention immigration, the song, “Go Away” could be referring to getting out of Africa;
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Album Review: “Dope”
Tabi Bonney’s album, “Dope” (2009) is meant for a different audience than his first album. I think this one was to an audience of fans of popular African American rappers, who are interested in knowing what Tabi is about. Immigration is not mentioned on this album, however he may be representing his country as a
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Tabi Album Review: “A Fly Guy’s Theme”
My family is from D.C., and I have listened to his music before this class, and have associated Tabi with D.C. So to be able to really analyze his music and identify any African influences I did some research. In an interview with Jamati.com Bonney explains that he was born in Lome, Togo, West Africa,