Category: Student Projects
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Nigerian Rapper A-Q remembers the Lekki Massacre victims a year later
by Zainab Ahmed The Nigerian rapper named Gilbert Bani who goes by A-Q released a video for his song on October 19, 2021. The song paid tribute to the victims of those who lost their lives during endsars protests in 2020. In the song and video entitled Shoot the messenger A-Q he raps about the
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Nomfundo Moh
Over the years in South Africa, there have been many songs that have been made for use during their empowerment struggle, pain and freedom that many talented and creative South African artist have made. Some about the social and political issues going on in South Africa and some about the shovels they had to face
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Nasty C- Black & White
Nasty C Within the African Hip Hop community, there are many artists who hail from countries like Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria, etc. However, people seem to overlook the country where a lot of talent in Hip Hop hails from: South Africa. One of the biggest artists today from South Africa happens to be Nasty C Born
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Nasty C – U Know What It Is
Nasty C, whose real name is Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo, was born on February 11, 1997, in Durban, South Africa. He is a South African rapper, songwriter, and record producer and is one of the country’s most prominent artists. He started rapping at the age of nine and was inspired by the likes of Tupac,
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AKA – Levels
The short song “Levels” by South Africa’s, now passed, AKA packs a punch. The calm buzzing of the synths and slow roll of the drums gives you the feeling of sweltering summer day. As soon as the first sentence rolls off, “If you tilt your head and squint your eyes, it might come to you,
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Elom 20ce – Egungun
This blog post is dedicated to Togolese artist, Elom 20ce. He is a self-proclaimed “arctivist”: artist and activist. He has many hit songs that are dedicated to addressing the faults of African political leaders, anti-colonialism, as well as promoting the importance of Pan-africanism. Because he is forty years old and has been rapping for many
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Anderson Mwakazi – Pray for nature
Anderson Mwakazi otherwise known as Harshkid Luckystah and fellow artists bernard kaisa and Simon Mwanjala. Mwakazi is from southeast kenya and hails from a family of farmers which made his connection to nature and the effects of damaging it that much more personal and powerful so much so he dedicated this well put together song
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Kassmasse’s Wish for Ethiopia
By Dagem Teferra When it comes to reflective music that analyses society and advocates for positive change, there aren’t many that do it as well as Kassmasse. His trailblazing genre of Hip-Hop is almost always accompanied by historical reminders and nods to the vast culture in Ethiopia. In his song, Sewasew, he chooses to skip the
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“Fii” by Hakill
In today’s culture, many rappers tend to have significant impacts on major issues that face their nation and influence many people to be the change. Hakill has embodied the experience of many Senegalese people and their sentiments about their country in his work entitled “Fii” (which translates to “here” in English). His work has inspired