African Artists, Lifted by the Promises of Democracy and the Web

They built their reputation with wild music videos featuring a flying animated turtle and a campy urban hero often considered Kenya's first Internet sensation.
  • African Artists, Lifted by the Promises of Democracy and [...]
Genre : Faits de société
Pays principal concerné : Rubrique : Internet
Mois de Sortie : 2014
Publié le : 20/01/2014
Source : NY Times

But when it came time to choose the subject for their video of the song "Matatizo" last year, the Kenyan musicians known as Just a Band abandoned the surreal and the ironic for the infamous torture chambers of Kenya's Nyayo House. They even posted a link on the YouTube page to a 77-page report on the victims of torture under former President Daniel arap Moi for good measure.

"We'll never solve things unless we stop sweeping things under the carpet," Bill Sellanga, one of the group's members, said backstage at a recent concert (...)

[Read Nicholas Kulish's full article]
Published by NY Times, January 8, 2014.



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