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 [...]
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 [...]
FOKN Bois & Kay-Ara in NPR’s Top 100 of 2011
You may know about the Lungu Lungu column Akwaaba boss dude Benjamin Lebrave has been writing for Fader magazine. Well it seems cats are taking notice: last December Lebrave was asked to come up with a short list of his favorite under-the-radar African hip hop acts. That’s how two of the songs featured in [...]
Kuduro is Dead?!?!
(Originally published in the Lungu Lungu column for Fader magazine) It pains me to say it, but it appears kuduro is seriously fading out in Angola. It’s so hard to believe. I was there just two years ago, and kuduro was blasting out of every single candongueiro and radio station, all day long. But there [...]
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