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Sub-Urban Paris in Hééé Mariamou

September 25, 2009 by Boima Tucker

This weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, I will be playing a supporting role in Hééé Mariamou, a play/dance performance written by, directed, and starring Maimouna Coulibaly, Malian dancer/actor from Paris. It will be at the Dance Mission Theater on the corner of 24th and Mission in San Francisco. There will be lot’s Coupe Decale, Kuduro, Dancehall, Zouk, dancing, singing, and more French Urban sounds, as well as music by Malian legends such as Salif Keita, Oumou Sangare. The dancing is […]

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Categories: Dance, Gigs, Music, Performance Art, Thought • Tags: Coupe Decale, Dancehall, Hééé Mariamou, Hip Hop, Kuduro, Maimouna Coulibaly, Mali, SubUrban Paris, Theater, Zouk

Goodbye for Now, Dakar

July 30, 2009 by Boima Tucker

Not even 10 hours out of Dakar and I’m already missing it. What a great city. I’ll definitely be back soon, and hopefully have a better hold on my French language skills. Dakar in a lot of ways (right now at least) is the African city of my dreams. It’s not my ancestral homeland, but it feels like home to someone in between worlds like myself. A diverse cosmopolitan population, but a strong sense of cultural pride and deep traditional […]

Categories: Gigs, Thought • Tags: africa, africa is the future, african identity, Dakar, Hip Hop, identity, islam, mbalax, modern, Senegal, this is africa, tradition, urban

The Highlife: Naija Jams

March 29, 2009 by Boima Tucker

The fellas at Little Baobab have been talking up Nigerian Club music since Sogui’s mom visited Lagos and sent him a bunch of CD’s. I like Bizzy Body, and 2face, and caught a couple tunes like Yahoozee and Gongo Aso, but haven’t been checking for stuff from Nigeria lately, so I’ve been meaning to check some of it out. I definitely got caught sleeping the other night when DJ Steve threw on a crazy Naija jam by Wande Coal. more […]

Categories: Gigs, Music • Tags: club, Hip Hop, naija jams, The Highlife

Angolan Youngstas

April 29, 2008 by Boima Tucker

From Benn Loxo Du Taccu March 12, 2007 Benn loxo listener Chief Boima comes through with a great Afro-Portuguese hiphop guest post today: “I don’t know why but I too have become infatuated with Afro-Portuguese music. Maybe it’s because I’m Sierra Leonean and the Portuguese were the first to colonize before the British, and some Portuguese words survived in Krio like “sabi.” Or, maybe it’s because I speak Spanish not French and the it is much easier for me to […]

Categories: Music, Tha Homies • Tags: Angola, Benn Loxo, Brazil, Hip Hop, Kuduro, Portugal, Portuguese

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