The Arts

If you like hip hop music and you like Africa, you are bound to be interested in African hip hop radio. With over ten deejays and an archive that goes back to June 2005, there is enough material for you to form an opinion about the development of hip hop music on the continent over the past couple of years.

The Greatest Silence

Lisa F. Jackson's documentary The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo won Sundance Film Festival's Special Jury Prize. Watch a clip from the movie and it is not hard to see why.

Over the past five years Uganda's music scene has been witness to an incredible revival. During that time, Jose Chameleone, Ngoni, Mesach Semakula and Juliana Kanyomozi have become household names. Their success is not for maught: their songs have compelling lyrics and captivating melodies, but their popularity has obscured other great talents whose sounds may not be quite as lucrative for clubs and radio stations. It is for this reason that most Ugandans have not heard of Samite Mulondo.

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