Adam Bemma

  • Vietnam’s rap queen and traditional society’s changing voice

    Emerging star Suboi ‘pushing the limits’ as one of the few female rappers in socially conservative Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – “Life is happy, so what?” sings Vietnamese artist Suboi in her new hit single N-sao. The song has resonated with disaffected young Vietnamese and can be heard on smartphones and laptop speakers…

    Adam Bemma

  • Thailand’s Underground Hip Hop – Southeast Asia Dispatches

    BANGKOK – Last Monday, a Thai hip hop collective released Rap Against Dictatorship, a new song and video critical of the country’s military rulers. The artists may be summonsed and charged for uploading the video to Youtube if the police find them in violation of Thailand’s Computer Crimes Act. But that isn’t the only case of…

    Adam Bemma

  • Uganda’s Hip Hop for Change – CBC The World This Weekend

    KAMPALA, Uganda – February 18, 2016 was the presidential election in Uganda. President Yoweri Museveni extended his mandate beyond 30 years in power. But Ugandan youth want change. They are using indigenous language hip hop to express themselves and to avoid state censorship. This story aired on CBC The World This Weekend on Feb. 21,…

    Adam Bemma

  • South Sudan’s Hip Hop Artists Call for Peace and Reconciliation Through the Unhip Practice of Farming

    JUBA, Aug 28 2014 (IPS) – “What is the benefit when children are crying and people are dying due to hunger? There is no need to cry when you have the potential to dig,” sings Juba-based dancehall reggae group, the Jay Family, in their latest single “Stakal Shedit,” which means Work Hard in Arabic. In…

    Adam Bemma
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