Juma4
Editor website Africanhiphop.com - since 1997. The website that introduced the world to hip hop from the African continent. African hip hop hip hop activist / researcher - since 1994. As featured in interviews with Newsweek, BBC, XXL magazine, Allhiphop.com, etc... film research awarded by H2O hip hop film festival, seen on various conferences but the preferred spot is on ground level where the people are. Radio dj Presenter/dj at African hip hop radio, a truly pan-African webcast. Since March 2008, African hip hop radio also has a Dutch language edition which is broadcast weekly through FunX national public radio with J4, GMB and dj Threesixty (360) - see www.Lijn5.com and www.funx.nl.
Today we’ll be taking the Fresh ya Shamba coach liner from Dar es Salaam (Tanzania’s economic and media capital) to Arusha in the northern part of Tanzania. Listen to new tracks and watch a video by JCB, Stopa and Nako 2 Nako!
On the last proper summer day of 2009, Africanhiphop.com threw a party in the newly discovered Tolhuis Park, behind Amsterdam’s Central Station (Holland). With an impressive line-up of African diaspora emcees in the Netherlands, free entrance and enough shade to hide from the scorching sun, Doin’ it in the Park attracted over 500 people during the afternoon and early evening. The unique ambiance was caught on camera by Alvar and Juma4.
In the latest episode of African Hip Hop Radio at FunX Lijn5, GMb and J4 speak to Rapulana Seiphemo, known from the movie Tsotsi and most recent as the lead character Lucky Kunene in Jerusalema.
Rapulana …
Nigerian artist based in the Netherlands Geoffy G is working on his first mini album release ‘Maintain yourself’ which should be out in Nigeria later this year. The video for the first single ‘Over’ was …
After the sudden death of Gabon’s president Omar Bongo, much is at stake for the Gabonese people and their government. Hip hop has been a popular tool in winning the people’s votes, and one of the candidates even tried his turn on the mic – after recording an album with James Brown’s manager in the seventies! Meanwhile, the ruling class is under scrutiny: where did the president and his family get all their wealth from?
PBS, 20 ans déjà ? C’est fou ce que le temps passe vite. Jamais en effet un concert de hip hop au Sénégal n’a réuni tant de gens, appartenant de surcroit à des générations différentes.
You may have read & listened to our recent update on Kalamashaka (Kenya) and group member Kama’s recent studio sessions. The first results have started to leak – by way of the producers themselves, we …
The annual Red Bull Music Academy brings together some of the most interesting music veterans and young talents in one space. In 2003, the RBMA took place in Cape Town, SA and two members of …
The new video by Belgian-Congolese emcee Mata is an ode to the female curves. And this subtitled version comes in handy to those who couldn’t figure out what the song is all about.
Soon we’ll have …
On the hottest day of summer in Amsterdam (the Netherlands), Africanhiphop.com is preparing for a FREE open-air gig with its friends in the hip hop communities of the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. The newly discovered …
