Tag: Mukimala
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HHAP Episode 13: Tanzanian Hip Hop Artists on English Rap in Tanzania
We sat down with 2 groups of young hip hop artists in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The first interview includes Mukimala, Salma, & Catalyst. The second interview includes HIM, Victor the Traveler (who is a producer), & Sima. Both groups have completely different styles and approaches to hip hop culture. But both groups are among a new generation of Tanzanian MC’s rapping in English, instead of Swahili. The goal of the interviews was to have a conversation about language an hip hop in Tanzania. There are so many views on the language debate, but hip hop artists in Africa have been debating it since hip hop first began being performed in Africa. Tanzania has been known for its Swahili hip hop, but there is an increasing number of young artists who feel better equipped to perform primarily in English. The conversations also touched on a few interesting topics, including consciousness in hip hop, self censorship, gender, the use of the N word, and thoughts on the African Diaspora. There are two warnings for listeners: 1. There is some profanity in both the interviews and artists’ songs. In addition, There are some sound issues in the second interview. We’re trying out new equipment so bear with us. Podcast time stamps 00:00 Episode intro 10:00 Muki & Salma “How You Feel?” 11:50 Catalyst “Drowning” 12:31 Interview with Salma, Muki, & Catalyst 37:30 Interview conclusion and introduction of the next interview 40:05 Brian Simba “Mambo Mbezi” 41:52 HIM “Soul Truthful” 43:53 Sima “Pawn Dreams” 46:06 interview with HIM, Sima, & Victor 1:06:07 Interview conclusion and episode outro message 1:08:32 Mukimala& Sima “Inspiration” Artist information @TemaYaiNation (the collective of English speaking artists) on Twitter and SoundCloud Salma is @naitwasalma on Twitter and SoundCloud Muki Mukimala is on SoundCloud Catalyst is on SoundCloud H.I.M. in on SoundCloud Victor the Traveler is on Twitter as @VictorZtraveler Sima is on SoundCloud Brian Simba is on SoundCloud (on the SoundCloud page there is information on how to download his mixtape Masaki Theory).
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Lyricist Lounge in Tanzania
This Saturday (25 of March) is the 3rd anniversary of Lyricist Lounge in Dar es Salaam. Lyricist Lounge celebrates 3 years of spoken word, poetry, and lyricism by bringing to the stage a lineup of international MCs, poets, and DJs. This year features some of the finest poets & MCs in TZ, including MCs like
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HHAP Episode 2: Scholarship on African Hip Hop
This episode focuses on some background information on studies of hip hop and studies of hip hop in Africa. We discuss some of the scholarship that has been produced on hip hop. The show starts with the song “Inspiration” by Tanzanian hip hop artists Sima da Black Philosopher and Mukimala from the Dar es Salaam based hip hop group Wanaitwa Uhuru (Call them Freedom). The group’s album was featured in the best of 2013 on the World Hip Hop Market best of list. You can find Mukimala on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/Mukimala-Muki-337773023036571/