Music/Videos

ALGERIA

• Cheb Khaled, “C’est la vie” (2012)

COTE D’IVOIRE 

• Rap Ivoirien
• Tiken Jah Fakoly, “Promesse de caméléon”; “Non à l’excision“

GHANA

• The Hiplife Complex
• Ghanaweb hiplife videos
• Akyeame, “Masan Aba“
• Obrafour, “Kwame Nkrumah“ (1999) (lyrics in Twi)
• Reggie Rockstone lyrics on museke.com (“Tsoo Boi,” “Keep Your Eyes on the Road,” “Visa,” and others)
  • “Ah” (Kora award for Best African Music Video, 2005)
  • “Keep Your Eyes on the Road“
  • “Eye Mo De Anaa“
  • The Lowdown: Uncensored with Hiplife legend Reggie Rockstone
  • VIDEO-Reggie Rockstone talks about Hiplife On CNN’s African Voices -GhCampus com
• Living the Hiplife (documentary by Jesse Shipley)

• Alhaji K. Frimpong, “Kyen Kyen Bi Adi Mawu” (source for Rockstone’s “Keep Your Eyes on the Road”)
• Tinny, “Maamle“
• Obour featuring AB Creantil, “Adwoa,“ “Juliana“
• Sarkodie (on myspace), “Azonto Fiesta” (ft. Appietus and Kesse); “U Go Kill Me” (ft. E.L.)
• Okyeame Kwame, “Mr. Versatile” (2012)
• Blitz the Ambassador, Native Sun (full album); Native Sun (short film); Ghana Black Stars; Best I Can

GUINEA

• “Guinea’s Musicians Echo Decline” (BBC, 2008), recordings by Phaduba Keita, Degg J Force 3

KENYA

• Kalamashaka, “Tafsiri Hii“
• Gidigidi Majimaji, “Atoti,” Unbwogable“
• C’Zars, “Amka Ukatike“
• Wahu, “Sitishiki“
• Hip Hop Colony outakes w/Bamboo, Big Mike, Kama, and Harry Kimani: part 1, part 2
• Abbass Kubaff aka Doobeeez, “Gimme the Mic” (2016)
• Machakos Kyalo, “Run Calb Ndiku“; “100 or So“

MALI

• Bamako City Breakers (1985)
• Rap/Hip Hop Rally to Rebuild the Nation (VOA August 2012)
• Amkoullel
  • mini-doc, Sinin, Kalan, Trinity Hip Hop Festival (2012)
• Yelli Fuzzo ft. Mokobe, Alou Sangare, “Ka na gnagami” (balani version)
• bamakosoldat‘s blog
• Mylmo N’Sahel raps the history of Mali

MAURITANIA

• Assalamalekoum Festival (facebook); assalamalekoum.com
• Rap is Resistance is Slave-owning Mauritania: Maxi .R, N’Dat Bouwaner (usatoday.com, 10/30/2015)

MOROCCO

• I Love Hip Hop in Morocco (2007; 41:30; 57:50)

NIGERIA

• Nigerian Rap: The First Decade (1981-1991), Uchenna Ikone
• Everybody Wanna Be Like Mike (Michael Jackson wannabes)
• JJC, “We Are Africans“; Naija remix
• Blackface, “Hard Life“

SENEGAL

• Positive Black Soul
  • African Portraits documentary (1996?)
  • Positive Black Soul, myspace page, “Return of da djelly“
•  Didier Awadi
  • “Mandjou 2002” (track 3 on Africa Wakbarr vol. 6), on grooveshark; on youtube; original by Les Ambassadeurs w/Salif Keita
  • United States of Africa (film); youtube trailer
  • “On a plus le choix [Sunjata],” Modibo Keita, Tata Pound, Babani Kone
  • “Dans mon reve” (Presidents d’Afrique)
  • “J’accuse” lyrics
• Daara J
  • “Boomerang” (2003)
  • NPR All Things Considered interview (May 2005)
  • Faada Freddy NPR interview (August 2006)
  • Tomorrow (on youtube channel)
• La Brigade, “Mes Gars“
• Lord Alajiman, “Dundeleen“
• 100% Galsen (documentary)
• Fata El Presidente
• Tassu
  • Rap and taasu, Senegalese tv debate (May 20, 2012)
  • Ndella Xallas
  • Woman taasukat
  • Aby Ngana Diop, “Liital“
  • Sing Sing family in Dakar (2008)
  • “Rap Tassu,” Gokh Bi System; video shoot
• Rapping the News (WSJ, 8/14/2013)
  • Journal rappé EP1 avec Xuman et Keyti

SOMALIA

• (Canada) K’naan
  • Discography on allmusic.com
  • “Censoring Myself for Success” (New York Times, 2012)
  • “Kicked Pushed“; “Wavin’ the Flag” (2009/10); “Bang Bang” (2009/10); “Somalia” (2009); “Soobax“

SOUTH AFRICA

• Black Noise, “Abada Capoeira“
• Ben Sharpa on myspace
• “South Africa’s Kwaito Generation,” WBUR Inside Out radio documentary
• Arthur Mafokate, “Oyi Oyi” (1997)
• My Hip Hop: Cape Town (documentary)

TANZANIA

• Swahiliremix.com
• Hali, Halisi, documentary on youtube
• X Plastaz
  
  • on myspace
  • “‘Nini dhambi kwa mwenye dhiki” (with English subtitles)
  • “Aha!” (from Masai Hip Hop)
•  Sugu (aka Mr. 2), “Mchaka Mchaka“
• Cool Para

TUNISIA

• el général, the voice of Tunisia, english subtitles

• “Tunisia’s rappers provide soundtrack to revolution” (Balti, El General on CNN, 3/2/2011)
• “El General and the Rap Anthem of the Mideast Revolution” (Time, 2/15/2011)
• “Inside Tunisia’s Hip Hop Revolution” (Spin 8/24/2011)
• “El General, Hip Hop, and the Tunisian Revolution” (Revolutionary Arab Rap 10/22/2011)

UGANDA

• Breakdance Project Uganda and USAID
• Babaluku, “Rap Scholar“
• Bataka Squad, “Amawulile,” and  “Making of Amawulile“
• GNL Zamba, “Koyi Koyi“

 

Other Videos and Audio Recordings (Africa)

• Mozambique: comparison of Beyonce’s “Who Run the World” with the dancers who inspired the choreography; original youtube post of Tofo Tofo; Beyonce: Year of 4 documentary meeting Tofo Tofo (13:40); DJ Cleo, “NIsho Njalo” (soundtrack for Tofo Tofo); Major  Lazer (Dj Diplo and Dj Switch) featuring Vybz Kartel, “Pon de Floor” (sampled in “Who Run the World”)
• Sierra Leone/UK/USA: Chosan, “This is My America,” “Kanye Tell Me Something“; “Diamonds from Sierra Leone” (Kanye West); Chosan Speaks Out; Salone Rapper Certified
• Somalia/Canada: K’naan, “Kicked Pushed“
• South Africa: Malcolm McLaren, “Double Dutch“
• BET Cyphers: 2008 (K’Naan), 2009 (Gsan), 2010 (Ghana), 2011 (Nigeria), 2012 (Sarkodie, Jean Grae)
• Rick Ross in Nigeria, Solange in South Africa; Nigerians react

Select French Videos and Audio Recordings

• Abd al Malik, “Gibraltar,” live version of “Gibraltar”
• Disiz la peste, “Sant Yalla,” “N’Dioukel“
• MC Solaar, “Le nouveau western“; and Guru, “Le bien le mal (The Good the Bad)“
• Mokobe, and Viviane , “Safari“; and Salif Keita, “Mali Forever“
• MHD – La Puissance (Documentary)
  • MHD – AFRO TRAP Part.7 (La Puissance)
  • MHD – A KELE NTA

• for more see FRANCE (on Charry’s Global Hip Hop site)

American rappers on their African roots

• Chamillionaire (Hakeem Seriki, Nigeria)
• Wale ( Olubowale Victor Akintimehin, Nigeria)

Other

• Okayafrica’s Top 15 Music Videos of 2015