Billian Okoth runs Billian Music Family, a youth centre in the Mathare slum of Nairobi, Kenya. Through music and dance, Billian empowers youth to make change in their community, and in the process giving them a chance to dream of a brighter…
Blog Archives
Mathare music centre gives voice to Kenyan youth living in slum
Tagged with: Billian Music Family, Billian Okoth, culture, dance, kenya, Mathare, music, nairobi, slum
Posted in Radio
Posted in Radio
Saving Tanzania’s Underground Hip Hop Scene
ARUSHA, Tanzania, Jun 18 2014 (IPS) – Inside a dark, cramped, music studio on Arusha’s hillside slum of Kijenge Juu, a thumping hip hop beat rattles the window-less room. A soft-spoken 26-year-old who goes by the name Raf MC steps up…
Tagged with: African hip hop, Arusha, development, Kijenge, KINGS, music, Ngalimi, S.U.A., Saving Underground Artists, Sekei, slums, tanzania, Tanzania music, underground hip hop
Posted in Print
Posted in Print
#RightsMedia report: A #Maasai #woman using #music to #heal and #educate
Rebeca Kankai is a 37-year-old Maasai woman from a small village in northern Tanzania. She began selling firewood many years ago to support her two young children. In 2008, a fire destroyed her home, killing both kids. Unwilling to give…
Tagged with: #RightsMedia, Arusha, Church, heal, interview, Longido, maasai, maasai culture, Maasai Women's Development Organization, Masai, music, MWEDO, Pastor Michael, Rebeca Kankai, soul, tanzania
Posted in Radio
Posted in Radio
#RightsMedia report: Mama C on #poetry #music #art and the #BlackPanther Party
Charlotte Hill O’Neal, aka Mama C, was a member of the Kansas City chapter of the Black Panther Party before she went into exile with her husband Pete O’Neal in Tanzania. Together, the two have worked in community development and…
Tagged with: #RightsMedia, activism, Africa, afrofusion, Arusha, Black Panther Party, Charlotte Hill-O'Neal, Kansas City, Mama C, music, Pete O'Neal, poetry, politics, tanzania, U.S., United African Alliance Community Center
Posted in Radio
Posted in Radio
#RightsMedia doc: Backstage with the Warriors #Kilimanjaro #Tanzania #Music #Awards #KTMA2013
Part three of a documentary series about the Arusha-based afro-fusion, reggae band, Warriors from the East. Backstage at the 2013 Kilimanjaro Tanzania Music Awards show, Ras Magere and Ghetto Grade from Warriors talk about how the band has built a…
Tagged with: #KTMA2013, #RightsMedia, Africa, artists, Arusha, best reggae song, community, Kilimanjaro Music Awards 2013, music, reggae, tanzania, youth
Posted in Radio
Posted in Radio
#RightsMedia doc: In-studio with the Warriors. #reggae #music #Arusha #Tanzania
Part two of a documentary series on the Arusha-based afro-fusion, reggae band, Warriors from the East. In this part, Ras Magere speaks candidly in-studio about politics, activism and Tanzanian youth, set to a beat from a yet-to-be-released Warriors jam (featuring…
Tagged with: #RightsMedia, activism, Africa, afro-fusion, Arusha, Chadema, Kilimanjaro, Kimandolu, music, politics, radio documentary, Ras Magere, reggae, tanzania, Tanzanian youth, unemployment, Warriors from the east
Posted in Radio
Posted in Radio
#RightsMedia doc: Warriors from the East. #afrofusion #music #Arusha #Tanzania
Part one of a documentary series on the Arusha-based afro-fusion, reggae band, Warriors from the East. Warriors were nominated for best reggae song at the 2013 Kilimanjaro Music Awards in Tanzania. In this part, I interview Ras Magere; a musician,…
Tagged with: #RightsMedia, 2013 Kilimanjaro music awards, activist, Africa, afro-fusion, Arusha, community development, Kilimanjaro, Kimandolu, music, Ras Magere, reggae, tanzania, Warriors from the east, youth
Posted in Radio
Posted in Radio
 | Zafar Ahmad Abdul Gh… on Malaysia: Rohingya must be con… |
Adam Bemma 