Category Archives: east africa

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matata?

Posted on March 10, 2006 by jke

Shida. …so I spent the best part of the day trying to configure a new (great!) theme for my wp-powered blog, lakini there’s no real good template/theme out there which works the way I want it unless I invest a … Continue reading →

Posted in east africa, ngoma, webstuff | 4 Comments

the next generation in Uganda, part 2

Posted on March 3, 2006 by jke

3rdi just informed me via e-mail that he’s uploaded another video of Hip Hop in Uganda, this time a song called “wansi wagalu” by Krazy Native (more on KN here and here). My friends over in Europe always wonder why … Continue reading →

Posted in east africa, ngoma, style | 1 Comment

on sharing colours

Posted on March 2, 2006 by jke

When I came across the shameful news of the raid on The Standard & KTN in Kenya last night (thx 4 sharing, IW), the first thing that came to my mind was 1933 and the infamous Book burning that destroyed … Continue reading →

Posted in east africa, politics, thoughts | 2 Comments

K?r?ro k?r? it??ra g?ting?reka m?nd? akome*

Posted on March 2, 2006 by jke

Dear President Kibaki, On March 2, 2006 armed police raided the headquarters and printing plant of the East African Standard Group. In addition to destroying equipment including the printing presses and burning newspapers, they shut down the Kenyan Television Network … Continue reading →

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the next generation in Uganda

Posted on February 23, 2006 by jke

Ndugu Simon & Johannes – this one’s for you! Tubasanyukidde HipHop from Uganda just rulez! “But with every door that shuts, another one opens and I fell in love what I saw. Hip-hop in its rawest form. It was beautiful…(..)…The … Continue reading →

Posted in east africa, KBC, maisha, ngoma | 5 Comments