NOVEMBER 1ST, 2013
Weekend Music Break 59
Eska Mtungwazi
By Tom Devriendt
Oddisee (real name: Amir Mohamed El Khalifa; he has a Sudanese dad) is on tour in Europe this month, so go check him out if you’re anywhere close. Details and dates here. He also has a new video out:
Zimbabwe-born, South London-raised Eska Mtungwazi gives us these visuals for her new work:
Uganda-born Jaqee (real name: Jaqueline Nakiri Nalubale) also shared a new video this week, recorded in Gothenburg:
A happy tune by Belgian-Congolese Karoline Kamosi aka Leki:
Nigerians WizKid and Femi Kuti team up in ‘Jaiye Jaiye’:
A new disco jam from South Africans Muzart, ‘Party After’:
Hipe produced this track for Ill Skillz, also featuring Sandra Amarie and Melo B Jones:
At the Trinity International Hip-Hop Festival, Nomadic Wax gathered top MCs from around the world. This cipher features artists from USA, India, Burkina Faso, and Kenya: MC K-Swift, Mandeep Sethi, Humanist, Mr. Lif, Kama and Lah Tere:
Nana D grew up in Ghana before moving to the UK in 1980. Here’s his latest collaboration with Jordan Crisp, the quite hectic but fun ‘Ngoma’:
And to end, we were very sorry to hear about the unexpected passing of Robo The Technician last weekend. He will be missed in Johannesburg and beyond.