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 “ If you are not interested in pushing yourself and your boundaries further, you are not pushing the culture forward.”





Tags: Africa, Cool artists, Music
Hiphop Artist from DRC wins award

Emma Katya wins Fair Play Anti-Corruption Youth Voices award.



Tags: Africa, Culture, DaRUA, Music
Tunesia reaches out to the world

The story of a true activist who runs his own website, Twitter page and Facebook group, calls (!) other organisations around the world for support and hands out flyers in Paris every day. RESPECT!



Tags: Africa, Opinion
Spanish Hip­-Hop Series - Take 2: El Chojin

Is hip­ hop really a tool for social change? A video interview with popular Spanish rapper El Chojin.

 
Spanish Hip Hop Series – Take 1: Nach

'Hip hop was born from the love between poetry and rhythm'

 
Community Education Services Kenya

An NGO dedicated to providing access to education for orphans and other AIDS affected children.



Tags: Africa, Arts, Cool projects, Kenya, Social Development
Jeffrey Kimathi

Kimathi wants to rebrand Africa from the regular stereotypical way that Africa has been sold.



Tags: Africa, Cool projects, Kenya
Liesl in Ghana

Liesl from Guyana via Trinidad & Tobago, a winner in the Baobabconnections Durban Competition of 2008, is now living in Ghana. She will soon share her impressions of Ghana with Baobabconnections.



Tags: Africa, Cool artists, Cool projects
Africa Unsigned

The main purpose of Africa Unsigned is to help African musicians make money through music. It is also meant to expose new and authentic acts.



Tags: Africa, Cool artists, Cool projects, Kenya, Music
Point Blank Evumbi

An MC and community activist, Point Blank Evumbi helps with youth self-education, cleaning up the neighbourhood and organising football tourneys.



Tags: Africa, Cool artists, Culture, Kenya, Music, Social Development
Silas Babaluku

“We took the initiative of nurturing a new generation of young leaders in Uganda who will create positive change in their communities."



Tags: Africa, Arts, Cool artists, Culture, Music, Social Development
Imani Woomera

Imani founded the Amplified Tongues Spoken Word Collective, an organisation that gives young people the confidence to be part of the greater society.



Tags: Arts, Cool artists, Culture, Kenya, Social Development
Food Not Bombs Nairobi

The Nairobi chapter of Food Not Bombs is based in Kangemi and it’s coordinated by independent journalist and film maker, Douglas Rori.



Tags: Africa, Cool projects, Health, Kenya, Politrix , Social Development
Ian Kamau

Using your artistic strengths to benefit your community is an honourable thing to do and one artist who practices this noble duty often is Canadian MC and poet Ian Kamau.



Tags: Arts, Cool artists, Music, Social Development
Sol Guy

A social entrepreneur, Sol Guy is one of Canada’s rising media personality, co-creator and producer of the world renowned TV series 4RealTV.



Tags: Arts, Cool artists, Music, Social Development
Monifa Bandele

She is a 2004 recipient of the Ford Foundation Leaders for a Changing World Award, 2005 recipient of Essence Magazine Women Who Shape the World Award, and 2006 recipient of the Louis E. Burnham Award.



Tags: Cool artists, Music, Social Development
Mzungu Kichaa

'Change does not come over night. Sustainability is crucial and it is important to act with a sense of responsibility within the music industry.'



Tags: Africa, Arts, Cool artists, Music, Social Development
Slam Africa

Slam Africa was created as a platform for young African Spoken Word Poets to explore their talents and skills through a fresh and new way of poetic expression.



Tags: Africa, Arts, Cool projects, Kenya, Music
Chris "Kazi" Rolle

Chris began directing, writing and acting for/in urban theatrical productions that fused hip-hop and drama to tell tales of everyday life in the inner city.



Tags: Arts, Cool artists, Cool projects, Social Development
Nazizi

As a young African leader, who is trying to make a positive impact on the youth everyday through the music she writes, Nazizi see herself bringing change through messages of hope, tolerance and peace.



Tags: Cool artists, Kenya, Music

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