African hip hop radio presents: Excursions on the Mbira
Little known to many of today’s African hip hop producers and other heads, percussion is not the only sound linked to the motherland that has been used on prominent productions throughout the history…
Bassline Junkie: African hip hop radio February 2013
The bassline junkies are back in the studio. Amal returned from a sabbatical stay in Berlin (Germany) and J4 spent a few weeks in Kenya and Tanzania. After the hiatus, their playlist is…
Matador from Senegal presents his new album in African hip hop radio
Matador, one of Senegal’s hip hop pioneers and a member of Wa BMG44, has been working on his second solo album for quite some time, even traveling to Europe two years ago to…
African hip hop radio with Chief Boima
After last month’s afro cosmic disco funk special with Dj Gioumanne, African hip hop radio is back with the October edition filled with new joints, exclusives and another guest mix. We were joined…
Dj Gioumanne presents Afro Cosmic Disco Funk
Dj Gioumanne is back. The enigmatic dj behind last year’s ‘Afro Cosmic Club’ (listen here), a critically acclaimed mix compiling unheard African and Euro-Afro sounds of the early 1980s inspired by Italian Cosmic…
African hip hop radio August 2012 – Eclectic Edition
To celebrate the return of summer in Amsterdam, the African hip hop radio team indulges in an eclectic set of fresh tunes from all over the globe in the August show, recorded at…
Solo Thang about his new video ‘Miss Tanzania’ in African hip hop radio July 2012
In the July edition of African Hip Hop Radio we have loads of new music from Tanzania as J4 just returned from a stay on the island of Zanzibar. Apart from new Swahili…
African hip hop on vinyl & IBMCs: African hip hop radio June 2012
In the June edition of African hip hop radio, Amal and J4 bring out the records! The first hour of the show is dedicated to African hip hop on vinyl. The bulk of…
Money, power and sex: Cape Town debate & SA hip hop
In May 2012 the OpenForum took place in Cape Town, South Africa. The gathering brought together activists, artists, academics, policy-makers and business people to discuss the factors that will influence the African continent…
Cape Verde hip hop special – African hip hop radio May 2012
The May edition of African hip hop radio is a rendez-vous with Revoltod from the Lod Escur crew, our long time contributor who started doing Cabo shows for us while he was living…
