Comments on: Can hip hop change Africa? http://annansi.com/blog/2006/08/can-hip-hop-change-africa/ African business and culture trends Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: ise http://annansi.com/blog/2006/08/can-hip-hop-change-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-109781 ise Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:53:51 +0000 http://annansi.com/blog/2006/08/can-hip-hop-change-africa/#comment-109781 this is ise from bamenda, cameroon.i study law in the university of yaounde 2.i am a strong upholder of the hip hop culture so you can call me chief.i really thank the brothers in the U S fr the great inspiring music they have been giving to us.it has changed so many lives here in cameroon.i am a rapper too, but i just do my thing in school or in the neighbourhood with my homies.i cant even dream of being a proffesional rapper because there are no promoters of hip hop here.matter of fact we have so many talented rappers here especiall in my town bamenda but we cant go no where so we just keep doing our thing any where we have the opportunity.but i have a deam to become a great inspiring rapper and to put in my work and money(when i start making it to support the yougsters who are coming up and i sebd this one out to all my frican brothers, SUPPORT HIP HOP IN AFRICA. this is ise from bamenda, cameroon.i study law in the university of yaounde 2.i am a strong upholder of the hip hop culture so you can call me chief.i really thank the brothers in the U S fr the great inspiring music they have been giving to us.it has changed so many lives here in cameroon.i am a rapper too, but i just do my thing in school or in the neighbourhood with my homies.i cant even dream of being a proffesional rapper because there are no promoters of hip hop here.matter of fact we have so many talented rappers here especiall in my town bamenda but we cant go no where so we just keep doing our thing any where we have the opportunity.but i have a deam to become a great inspiring rapper and to put in my work and money(when i start making it to support the yougsters who are coming up and i sebd this one out to all my frican brothers, SUPPORT HIP HOP IN AFRICA.

]]> By: Frederic Tape http://annansi.com/blog/2006/08/can-hip-hop-change-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-12829 Frederic Tape Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:26:33 +0000 http://annansi.com/blog/2006/08/can-hip-hop-change-africa/#comment-12829 Would not one be led to think that music, the arts in general are a reflection of the people as well as the inner world of the artists. Hip Hop in the USA is probably where the cinsciouness of America is Hip Hop in Africa, as well as Coupe Decale, kizomba, Zouk,Zouglou, Hip- life, Kuduru, are probably where the consciouness of the consumers and creators, who most likely are shaped by the same values, ideologies, thought- patterns, is at the present time. Every Gender of music has always had a small percentage of its artists extremely aware of their social and cultural influence and actually exercicing conscious artistic responsabilities. this is actually more the case when the society from which the artists come from is no longer a society defined by absurdity, nonsense and straight up backward foolishness. Listen to the secular music of Ghana, Rwanda, Morocco, Mozambique, Angola,Ivory Coast,Uganda, Kenya,Barbados, Brazil, in 4 to 10 years and you will see. Heck American Rappers like Jay Z, Nas,Kanye West, Pharrel even the Wu Tang is direct reflection of the different financial,social,cultueal,intellectual planes they have ascended. Would not one be led to think that music, the arts in general are a reflection of the people as well as the inner world of the artists.
Hip Hop in the USA is probably where the cinsciouness of America is

Hip Hop in Africa, as well as Coupe Decale, kizomba, Zouk,Zouglou, Hip- life, Kuduru, are probably where the consciouness of the consumers and creators, who most likely are shaped by the same values, ideologies, thought- patterns, is at the present time.

Every Gender of music has always had a small percentage of its artists extremely aware of their social and cultural influence and actually exercicing conscious artistic responsabilities.
this is actually more the case when the society from which the artists come from is no longer a society defined by absurdity, nonsense and straight up backward foolishness.

Listen to the secular
music of Ghana, Rwanda, Morocco, Mozambique, Angola,Ivory Coast,Uganda, Kenya,Barbados, Brazil, in 4
to 10 years and you will see.
Heck American Rappers like Jay Z, Nas,Kanye West, Pharrel even the Wu Tang is direct reflection of the different financial,social,cultueal,intellectual planes they have ascended.

]]> By: Kofi http://annansi.com/blog/2006/08/can-hip-hop-change-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-12727 Kofi Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:12:19 +0000 http://annansi.com/blog/2006/08/can-hip-hop-change-africa/#comment-12727 Jeremiah, thanks for your comment. Hip-hop in the USA is going through a major identity crisis right now, but it's good to hear that the art still has it's original meaning on the continent. I hope it maintains it's integrity on the African continent. Jeremiah,
thanks for your comment. Hip-hop in the USA is going through a major identity crisis right now, but it’s good to hear that the art still has it’s original meaning on the continent.

I hope it maintains it’s integrity on the African continent.

]]> By: Jeremiah http://annansi.com/blog/2006/08/can-hip-hop-change-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-12726 Jeremiah Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:03:04 +0000 http://annansi.com/blog/2006/08/can-hip-hop-change-africa/#comment-12726 hey man this jeremiah from cape town, south africa.im a final year student at the university of the western cape.glad to see that yo brothers in the states are realising the potential hip hop has on the social and political change of africa, and yes especially in places like senegal, angola ect. one thing that i can recognise here in the hip hop fields in cape town that there has been a split between conscious word and gangsta rap,im from the hood myself in mitchells plein, and hip hop as always symbolized a means for us black people to voise and naturalise being black. to give the youth the option to follow blackness and avoid neo colonial ideology that our 'culture' is necessarily bad.to destigmatize the way we speak, walk, give and take ;to make or youth decide to stop being marganilized,to choose ,not, power,but empowerment.keep up the word for the love blackness hey man
this jeremiah from cape town, south africa.im a final year student at the university of the western cape.glad to see that yo brothers in the states are realising the potential hip hop has on the social and political change of africa, and yes especially in places like senegal, angola ect. one thing that i can recognise here in the hip hop fields in cape town that there has been a split between conscious word and gangsta rap,im from the hood myself in mitchells plein, and hip hop as always symbolized a means for us black people to voise and naturalise being black. to give the youth the option to follow blackness and avoid neo colonial ideology that our ‘culture’ is necessarily bad.to destigmatize the way we speak, walk, give and take ;to make or youth decide to stop being marganilized,to choose ,not, power,but empowerment.keep up the word for the love blackness

]]> By: Annansi Chronicles » Hip-hop and democracy in Senegal’s elections http://annansi.com/blog/2006/08/can-hip-hop-change-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-1364 Annansi Chronicles » Hip-hop and democracy in Senegal’s elections Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:43:52 +0000 http://annansi.com/blog/2006/08/can-hip-hop-change-africa/#comment-1364 [...] I’ve often asked if hip-hop can save Africa, and now we’re getting to see for ourselves. Senegal, one of Africa’s most stable democracies, is currently going through elections and as in the past hip-hop is playing a serious role. It’s interesting being an African living in the States and experiencing both African and African-American cultures simultaneously. My position has given me a unique vantage point to which to compare hip-hop’s beginnings and where it has reached both in the States and on the continent. African hip-hop still maintains the revolutionary nature of hip-hop’s beginnings while American hip-hop has grown into a beast of another nature. As American hip-hop has grown to be accepted in the mainstream it has become a music of materialism and shortsighted goals. The music and culture that brought many black Americans out of struggle and strife is threatening to take them right back to those hard times. Maybe this is a lesson for both African and American rappers. Maybe taking American rappers to see the role hip-hop plays in Africa’s youth’s lives, as VH1 did last Thursday, will allow them to see how powerful hip-hop is/was and get them looking at whether they’re using it to it’s full potential. Ben at Nomadic Wax has been documenting the Senegalese elections from a hip-hop perspective with amazing results. The question is though, how closely will African hip-hop youth follow the path of their American counterparts? ::::: Tags:entrepreneur, Film/Television, Hip Hop, Music, Politics, pop culture, Senegal Travel [...] [...] I’ve often asked if hip-hop can save Africa, and now we’re getting to see for ourselves. Senegal, one of Africa’s most stable democracies, is currently going through elections and as in the past hip-hop is playing a serious role. It’s interesting being an African living in the States and experiencing both African and African-American cultures simultaneously. My position has given me a unique vantage point to which to compare hip-hop’s beginnings and where it has reached both in the States and on the continent. African hip-hop still maintains the revolutionary nature of hip-hop’s beginnings while American hip-hop has grown into a beast of another nature. As American hip-hop has grown to be accepted in the mainstream it has become a music of materialism and shortsighted goals. The music and culture that brought many black Americans out of struggle and strife is threatening to take them right back to those hard times. Maybe this is a lesson for both African and American rappers. Maybe taking American rappers to see the role hip-hop plays in Africa’s youth’s lives, as VH1 did last Thursday, will allow them to see how powerful hip-hop is/was and get them looking at whether they’re using it to it’s full potential. Ben at Nomadic Wax has been documenting the Senegalese elections from a hip-hop perspective with amazing results. The question is though, how closely will African hip-hop youth follow the path of their American counterparts? ::::: Tags:entrepreneur, Film/Television, Hip Hop, Music, Politics, pop culture, Senegal Travel [...]

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