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This video was shooted by a friend of mine with a CANON 5D. I was really surprised about the quality. Enjoy it!

check out the new video of my favourite senegalese group daara j family.

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For all the african music lovers here the video from Xuman's song "Joal". I really love that track! By the way that song was getting released on a DVD/CD compilation "Les rappeur chantent Senghor" a tribute to the poet Leopold S. Senghor last year. Some photos from my recent joal trip will follow soon. Enjoy the video and have a lovely day!!!

 

 

the last episode of the democracy in dakar documentary is taking you in the world of the senegalese expat including interviews from Meta Crazy, Abdoulaye Aw, Ibrahima Ndoye, Baye Moussa... senegal is known as the 3rd biggest hip hop country in the world, but the same time senegalese rappers are struggeling to survive. there are only a few hip hop artists who can make a living out of their music. that's why most of the rappers dreaming about an international carrer, but once running away from their country realising that life in europe or the us is even harder to handle. after all these years working with senegalese rappers i truly believe that hip hop could change senegal in a positive way. people have to stay strong and get organised for a better life!

for watching the video please click  http://nomadicwax.com/film/democracy-in-dakar/

 

In Senegal all rappers have a dream. Whether that dream lives in the spiritual, political or material realm, they all seek success and fame in these realms. But can this dream be achieved in Senegal - a country where the recourses are vastly limited and thousands of youth die every year trying to flee to Europe in small boats? Episode 6 - "The African Dream" addresses this question, and the desire for rappers in Senegal to export their music and live abroad. Featuring an interview (and freestyle) with legend Didier Awadi (of Positive Black Soul fame) and the track "Fresh Time Pt 1" by Zoo Squad off the album African Underground: Depths of Dakar. African Underground: Democracy in Dakar - Episode 6

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Episode 5 explores the history of hip-hop culture in Senegal. From the old school MCs to the younger generation of rappers - episode 5 lays out he who, what when and where of the hip-hop scene and sheds light on both it's political past as well as it's present state. This episode ends with the song 'Hip-Hop' from Pikine rap super group - Tigrim Bi. Interviews: Ndongo D (Daara J), Jojo (Yatfu), Da Brains, Xuman (Pee Froiss), Nix, Tigrim Bi et Aziz Nidaye.

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some people said europeans like to go to africa to make them feel useful or to get an adventure or for profiting of other cultures or maybe just for making money. well i meet a lot of interesting europeans in dakar, but also some really scary ones. people who got some good intentions for helping, but finally doing the contrary because of not knowing enough about the culture. it's difficult to understand the senegalese society, because it's all a good show just showing the smiling face. but unfortunatly if you look deeper you find a lot of jeaulousy and racism. it's been soon 10 years i have been coming regularly to senegal, but still i am learning a lot everyday. communication is the biggest problem in terms of language, culture, education and religion. i was doing a lot of mistakes without even knowing. but still the most important thing for me is to show respect and also to get respected. i try my best to get adapted here, but where is the limit of not loosing your own culture and your principles??? for example i think i am working too german in senegal and actually no one else cares about the job is well done or right on time. there are things in life you can only learn by travelling and maybe it is also a kind of adventure like life is. some people are maybe just serching for a little spice in their life...

Democracy in Dakar, Episode 4 - "Wade Wins". This episode shows the calm after the storm. A very eerie calm indeed as all of Dakar seems stunned by the election results, where Wade has seemed to have won 56% of the vote. This episode shows the calm on the streets and some incisive interviews with journalists and artists. Gaston bring their appropriate and haunting track "Wallo" to this episode, as well as participate in a deep interview. Also featured are interviews with Keyti, Rose Skelton, Serigne Ndiaye, Pape Guey and Matador. African Underground: Democracy in Dakar Episode # 4

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regenzeit im senegal ist nicht gerade die angenehmste zeit: es ist super heiss, ab und zu gibt es eine heftige abkühlung mit anschliessendem verkehrschaos, mückenhochsaison, maximale sonnenbrandgefahr und als wenn das nicht schon ausreichen würde haben wir seit freitag auch noch ramadan. jedoch hat es auch etwas positives: es gibt grüne baobabs!!! und auch sonst ist hier plötzlich alles ganz grün und erinnert ein bißchen an deutschland. nach monatelanger trockenzeit im senegal habe ich mich in köln ja schon wahnsinnig über die vielen grünanlagen und die frische luft gefreut, aber dann erst in thüringen... es hat sich wahrhaftig den namen "grünes herz deutschlands" verdient. auf jeden fall muss ich in letzter zeit sehr oft an deutschland denken und würde mich über ein paar impressionen aus der heimat sehr freuen. für euch ein ganz seltenes bild aus dem senegal:

 

baobab landscape

 

 

the day of the elections with the underground group sen kumpë from medina. i am pretty much impressed about these guys, cos they are always positive thinking in whatever bad situation they might be. sometimes i forget about how hard life is for other people, because i am so much busy with my own problems. but when i see people like sen kumpë that really gives me hope, that i can also get what i want if i am strongly believing in it. they just signed a deal with nike and i am sure that people from abroad gonna soon talk more about them. life is a struggle, but one day you gonna get what you deserve, inchallah.

like i promised here is the second episode of democracy in dakar. in this one there are 3 of my favourite senegalese rappers keyti, xuman and witness from wagëblë talking about hip hop, the freedom of speech and the hopeless political situation in senegal. this year there were 15 candidats running for elections and finally abdoulaye wade was winning in the first round with 56%. for many senegalese was that result a big surprising and people wonder if there is still democracy in dakar since senegal is known for having the longest tradition of democracy in africa.

 

finally i found out how to post the democracy in dakar video. thanx to marcel!! :o) well this is the first episode including interviews with keyti, witness and baat sen which was released during the election time in feburary 2007. actually there were so many people coming to senegal for making a reportage about the local hip hop movement in the last years, but none of them was catching the senegalese life so real like the deomocracy in dakar team. one reason i think is that the founder of the project ben herson used to come to senegal and work with senegalese artists for a long time. another reason is that you can discover real underground mc's who are not used to get interviewed that much by journalists from abroad. well i can just repeat myself and say that i love this documentary. not only because it has started in my apartment, but also because i know the senegalese hip hop movement quiete well and that's why i know how hard it is to make things move here.

 

if you are getting interested in the other episodes already please check the following website: www.africanunderground.com

Since it is possible to add youtube videos on a blog, I was thinking that might be interesting to share at least a nice project made by Ben Herson called DEMOCRACY IN DAKAR with you guys. Well what a nice idea, if it would work to really add a video and not only a code. :o( After I spent the whole afternoon trying to post my blog including the video I am giving up now... (If someone can help me to post a video please let me know!!!) Still I think the project should be shared with you that's why here the link to my myspace blog: blog.myspace.com/index.cfm

The Democracy in Dakar Project is an interactive multi media project founded by Nomadic Wax/Notable and co produced with Sol Productions. Its goal is to document the democratic process as it unfolds on the Streets of Dakar through documentary film, audio recordings and ethnographic research. From February 14th to March 12th, the production team was in Dakar working with local activists, politicians, journalists and artists. A mixture of journalism, academic inquiry, internet reality TV, and hip hop activism, the Democracy in Dakar project documented this historic period of time in its entirety.

If you wanna see more videos or get more infos about democracy in dakar please check the following website: www.africanunderground.com

well for the english-speaking members here is a translation of my latest blog. since i joined the ipernity community 3 days ago, i am quite active checking tons of photos, getting inspired for some new ones, testing all the ipernity possibilities and especially looking forward any kind of feedback for my own photos, since i've been waiting a long time for the first release in the world wide web. nevertheless i am quite feeling comfortable here. i just wanna thank you all for the kind welcome, especially marcel who was inviting me to ipernity. for that reason i was thinking it would be nice to organise a virtual welcome party...if anybody got some ideas how we can celebrate together please let me know! you are welcome and please bring all your friends as well. have a great weekend!

ich muss gestehen, dass ich seit meinem einzug vor 3 tagen bei ipernity die meiste zeit damit verbringe in den verschiedenen photowelten zu stoebern, neue eindruecke und inspirationen zu gewinnen, alle moeglichen funktionen auszutesten und besonders freue ich mich ueber feedback zu meinen photos, die bisher auf meinem rechner geduldig auf ihren ersten internetauftritt gewartet haben. alles in allem fuehle ich mich hier sehr wohl. an dieser stelle auch ein dankeschoen an alle besucher und besonders an marcel, der mich in die ipernity welt eingefuehrt hat. ich glaube jetzt waere es an der zeit eine einzugsparty zu veranstalten...irgendwelche ideen wie sich das virtuell umsetzen laesst??? schoenes wochenende!

well this is my first photo community i moved into and i hope to get a lot of feedback for my photos. actually i am working on an documentary about the senegalese hiphop scene for a long time. these are just some old pics i took in the period of 2002 to 2005, which i was exposing in senegal last year. i am gonna upload some new ones soon. if you want to have more informations please don't hesitate to contact me!