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Just A Band & Nonini: Nerdy Genge Boys Band?

You know Just A Band, but have you heard of Nonini? If you haven’t, clearly you are not Kenyan. This guy practically created genge, Nairobi’s own take on hip hop. He teamed up with the Band to redo their hit song Ha-He… video is coming soon, stay chooned!

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Edoheart – “Sosomoney cockplease” Remix Contest

Remember Edoheart and Sosomoneycockplease? We’ve been preparing some remixes of this tune, featuring… we can’t tell you just yet. But we decided, together with Edoheart, to add one remix by a yet to be found remixer… which could be YOU, given this is another contest!!! On this one we have to make it quick, please [...]

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Anto – Qwerty Love – Flashmob video with Stocktown

It’s always such a pleasure to put good people in contact. Soon after our own Benjamin Lebrave wrote his Lungu Lungu column about Anto, our friends from Stocktown informed us about their trip to Nairobi. They connected and made magic happen: a flashmob of dancers in the center of Nairobi, which they captured to make [...]

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Mutombo Talks Poetry in Ghana

(Originally published in The Fader) Holiday season in Accra means lots of entertainment. Many Ghanaians come home from abroad to celebrate with their families, and after family obligations are sorted, clubs and music venues fill up for the year’s busiest party season. One of the best shows I had the pleasure of attending was the [...]

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Kay-Ara: The Reality Show Mixtape

Double whammy! Just before 2011 closed, Kay-Ara sent me his new mixtape, put together with studio wizard KluMonsta – like his last tape Still Underground, which you should also check out if you haven’t. The Reality Show will give you a feel for the type of verses Kay-Ara can spit to your face all day [...]

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