Kenyan Hip Hop in Oakland
By Kwan Booth
For the last three years, Emerge Media Group has produced events promoting positive interactions between African and American Cultures. In 2005 the company produced the film “Hip Hop Colony”, documenting Kenya’s developing hip hop scene. This Saturday they’re sponsoring three of Kenya’s biggest hip hop acts on [...]
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Kenyan Hip Hop Comes to Oakland
Posted in Interviews, Music on September 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Kenya’s Hip Hop Colony
Posted in Film, Interviews, Media, Music, tagged , "hip hop colony" "Michael Wanguhu", "Russell Kenya" on September 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Hip Hop Colony: The African Hip Hop Explosion
By Kwan Booth (October 06, 2005-Whatchusay.com)
Hip Hop Colony, the new film by Director Michael Wanguhu and Russell Kenya, explores the emergence of Kenyan Hip Hop culture and it’s struggles to gain legitimacy. The film screened recently at the Oakland International Film Festival and I talked to the [...]
